Vowel alternation in disyllabic reduplicatives: an areal dimension

This paper analyzes a variety of languages with regard to vowel alternation patterns in their disyllabic sound symbolic reduplicatives (DSRs). The analysis reveals that (1) a number of different languages have their preferred patterns of vowel alternation for DSRs (e.g. /I/-/ᴅ/ in ding-dong and tic...

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Main Author: Shinji Ido
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University of Tartu Press 2011-12-01
Series:Eesti ja Soome-ugri Keeleteaduse Ajakiri
Online Access:https://ojs.utlib.ee/index.php/jeful/article/view/15304