The present work investigates the sound alternations in Turkish onomatopoeic reduplications and offers an analysis based on apophony, which is the label for context-free sound alternations. It questions whether Turkish onomatopoeic reduplication displays any regularity with respect to the vocalic changes observed in the forms. The study claims that context-free sound alternations in onomatopoeic reduplications are some form of apophony and follows the Apophonic path offered by Guerssel and Lowenstamm (1996). Turkish implements A›U alternation for both [a]-[u] and [e]-[ü] changes observed in onomatopoeic reduplications.
apophony, onomatopoeic reduplication
| Author : | Semra BATURAY |
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| Number of pages: | 201-220 |
| DOI: | http://dx.doi.org/10.7827/TurkishStudies.1787 |
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