Hendiadyoıns in gagauz turkic

Abstract

Turkic has a rich vocabulary with its terms, stereotypes, proverbs, idioms, loanwords, reduplications and with all meaningful or functionary narrative units, as well as word types. The reduplications we count in this vocabulary are phrases that add richness, color, variety, agility, mobility, power and poetry to the expression as an element of harmony in the text and expression. As well as the reduplications common to each of the Turkic dialect, there are also unique reduplications of the dialects, arising from the geographical, political and religious differences in the context of the historical process of each dialect. In this study, the reduplications seen in Gagauz Turkic, which is in the Oghuz group of Turkic dialects, were discussed. The reduplications determined by scanning the sources were evaluated in terms of sound characteristics, structures, origins and meanings.

Keywords

• reduplications
• gagauz
• turkic