Vowel alternation in disyllabic reduplicatives: an areal dimension

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
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spelling doaj-e62c173d13bc400da9e03eb4ed56ebe22020-11-25T02:23:32ZengUniversity of Tartu PressEesti ja Soome-ugri Keeleteaduse Ajakiri1736-89872228-13392011-12-012110.12697/jeful.2011.2.1.12Vowel alternation in disyllabic reduplicatives: an areal dimensionShinji Ido 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 tick-tock in English) and (2) the relative height of each vowel against the other in a DSRis a linguistic feature that is primarily areal. The languages surveyed in this paper include Bukharan Tajik, Chinese, English, German, Kazakh, Korean, Manchu, Mongolian, Persian, Qarakhanid Turkic, Tatar, Tatar in Xinjiang, Turkish, Tuvan, Uyghur, Uzbek, and Uzbek in Xinjiang. https://ojs.utlib.ee/index.php/jeful/article/view/15304
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Vowel alternation in disyllabic reduplicatives: an areal dimension
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title Vowel alternation in disyllabic reduplicatives: an areal dimension
title_short Vowel alternation in disyllabic reduplicatives: an areal dimension
title_full Vowel alternation in disyllabic reduplicatives: an areal dimension
title_fullStr Vowel alternation in disyllabic reduplicatives: an areal dimension
title_full_unstemmed Vowel alternation in disyllabic reduplicatives: an areal dimension
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publisher University of Tartu Press
series Eesti ja Soome-ugri Keeleteaduse Ajakiri
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publishDate 2011-12-01
description 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 tick-tock in English) and (2) the relative height of each vowel against the other in a DSRis a linguistic feature that is primarily areal. The languages surveyed in this paper include Bukharan Tajik, Chinese, English, German, Kazakh, Korean, Manchu, Mongolian, Persian, Qarakhanid Turkic, Tatar, Tatar in Xinjiang, Turkish, Tuvan, Uyghur, Uzbek, and Uzbek in Xinjiang.
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