Abstract:

One of the most basic ways of developing a child's imagination, language and communication skills, providing self-education is through a book. While the books offer a brand-new experience to the child, they also enable the child to get acquainted with the rich resources of the language. While the child recognizes the meaning power of the language, he also implicitly recognizes the words and phrases in that language. Therefore, children's books have an important place in a society's education. Authors who work in the mother tongue are also a pioneer in a cultural transfer. The aim of the study is to determine the frequency of use of mimetic, reduplicative and reinforced words in Turkish children’s books. Turkish is a rich language in terms of vocabulary. Within the vocabulary of Turkish, it is considered important for the research to determine the extent to which Turkish authors benefit from this rich vocabulary in the books they write for children, to identify these words and to make inferences about how often they are used in the books, and to give information about their place in the Turkish Lesson Curriculum. The research is structured with qualitative research method. The research was conducted on reading books that are included in children’s literature were composed of Cahit Zarifoğlu’s Motorlukuş, Serçekuş and Yürekdede ve Padişah, Rıfat Ilgaz’s Bacaksız Kamyon Sürücüsü and Bacaksız Okulda, Mavisel Yener’s Çikolata Zamanı, Mustafa Kutlu’s Uzun Hikâye, Birsen Türköz’s Bir Bayram Sabahı, Muzaffer İzgü’s Ökkeş Maçta, Cemal Süreya’s Aritmetik İyi Kuşlar Pekiyi, İnci Aral’s İnci Aral Küçükken Ne Olmak İstiyordu, Behiç Ak’s Pat Karikatür Okulu, Çetin Öner’s Gülibik, Fatih Erdoğan’s Sihirli Kaykay, Sevim Ak’s Vanilya Kokulu Mektuplar. Collection of research data was done by document analysis method. Mimetic, reduplicative and reinforced words in the analyzed books were determined, transferred to tables and interpreted. In the 15 books examined, a total of 1487 words were identified, including 215 mimetic words, 1091 reduplicative words and 181 reinforced words. This situation was interpreted as sufficient for the reduplicative words and insufficient for mimetic and reinforced words.

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