TURKISH STUDIES - EDUCATIONAL SCIENCES, vol.5, no.5, pp.201-220, 2010 (Peer-Reviewed Journal)
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.