Ankara Üniversitesi Dil ve Tarih-Coğrafya Fakültesi Dergisi

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Onomatopeic word is the way that the sounds in nature are put into words within the possibilities of a language and in the closest way to those sounds. According to the theory of onomatopeic, which is one of the theories put forward about the birth of languages, languages emerged as a result of people imitating the sounds they heard in nature. The main premise of those who defend this theory is that almost all of the languages spoken in the world have more or less onomatopeic words. However, although there are onomatopeic words in every language, these words do not occupy a large place in the vocabulary of languages. Turkish, on the other hand, is one of the richest languages in the world in terms of the number of onomatopeic words it contains compared to its vocabulary. The fact that there are many onomatopeic words in every dialect of Turkish and in the dialects of these dialects proves this situation. In literary works written, onomatopeic words are frequently used to describe a situation, existence or movement in a more effective and permanent way in the spoken language. These words, which are imitations of the sounds in nature, have taken their place not only in the standard spoken language but also in the dialects, by being used continuously in the centuries-old historical development process of Turkish, by diversifying their usage patterns and preserving their vitality in this way. In this study, the aim is to examine and evaluate the onomatopeic words that meet a situation, presence or movement in Van dialect in terms of meaning, sound and shape features.