Mehmet Hakkı Suçin

Abstract

This study compares Turkish and Arabic reduplications with regard to their semantic characteristics and patterns of phonological copying. It identifies similarities and differences between reduplicative structures in the two languages and classifies them in phonetic and semantic terms.

The study also examines a type of lexical pairing traditionally known in Arabic as itbāʿ (الإتباع), which occurs in classical Arabic sources but has largely fallen out of use in contemporary Arabic. The comparison shows that, while Turkish and Arabic share certain semantic and phonological tendencies in reduplication, they differ considerably in the structural and phonetic mechanisms through which these expressions are formed.

Keywords: Reduplication · hendiadys · lexical couplets · itbāʿ · semantic characteristics · phonetic assimilation · Turkish · Arabic

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Chicago

Suçin, Mehmet Hakkı. “Turkish and Arabic Reduplications in Contrast.” Australian Journal of Linguistics 30, no. 2 (2010): 209–226. https://doi.org/10.1080/07268601003678627.

APA

Suçin, M. H. (2010). Turkish and Arabic reduplications in contrast. Australian Journal of Linguistics, 30(2), 209–226. https://doi.org/10.1080/07268601003678627

Publication details

Australian Journal of Linguistics

Volume: 30
Issue: 2
Year: 2010
Pages: 209–226
Published online: 20 April 2010
DOI: 10.1080/07268601003678627
Publication type: Peer-reviewed research article
Language: English