Reduplicative imitative words in the english and karakalpak languages

Аннотация

In English, onomatopoeia has simple (mono-syllable) and reduplicative forms. For example: tweet (singing), cough (cough ), meow-meow (meow-meow) , quack-quack (forty-forty). Onomatopoeic units involving sound repetition and alternation include: blah-blah (mumbling) , chitter-chatter (talking sound), snip-snap (thud-thud), flip-flap (shart-shurt). Similarly, the majority of compound words are imitations (onomatopoeia). The existence of numerous reduplicative onomatopoeic word forms has been demonstrated by numerous scholars. A. A. Reformatsky writes: "English is rich in repeating words, which are full and (mainly onomatopoeic): "quack-quack"- fortyforty (ducks), "jug-jug" - nightingale's singing or motor's sound, "plod-plod" -horse's hoof sound, tick-tick - clock ticking; incomplete (variable vowel sounds): "wig-wag" - flag signal, "zig-zag" - zigzag, flick-flock - shoe tapping, "riff-raff- scatterbox<