Turkish and Arabic Reduplications in Contrast* MEHMET HAKKıSUc ¸iN Gazi University In this study, Turkish and Arabic reduplications are compared with respect to semantic characteristics and phonological copying. Similarities and differences of reduplications in these languages are identified, and the reduplications are then classified in phonetic and semantic terms. A type of word collocations known as itba: , which were found in classical Arabic texts though they are currently obsolete, are also analyzed. The conclusions of the study are provided in the final section. Keywords: Reduplication; Hendiadys; Lexical Couplets; Itba: ; Semantic Characteristics; Phonetic Assimilation; Turkish; Arabic 1. Introduction There are generally two dominant approaches in the literature on reduplication. The first of these approaches takes a phonological view within the framework of Correspondence Theory (McCarthy & Prince 1995). According to this approach, the relations between interior and posterior components of a reduplication are phonological and any analysis of reduplication should focus on these relations. The second and relatively newer approach takes a morphological stance (Inkelas & Zoll 2005). In this second approach, dubbed Morphological Doubling Theory (MDT), there is a morphological, not phonological, correspondence between interior and posterior components (or ‘daughters’) of reduplications, and analysis should therefore follow a morphological path. This study compares Turkish and Arabic reduplicative words from two perspectives: semantic characteristics and phonological copying. The corpora for + I would like to express my sincere thanks to two anonymous AJL reviewers for their encouraging, helpful comments and suggestions which greatly improved the substance of this paper. Any remaining errors of facts and interpretation are my responsibility. ISSN 0726-8602 print/ISSN 1469-2996 online/10/020209-18 # 2010 The Australian Linguistic Society DOI: 10.1080/07268601003678627 Australian Journal of Linguistics Vol. 30, No. 2, May 2010, pp. 209226 Downloaded By: [TÜBTAK EKUAL] At: 20:53 20 April 2010