Akademik Veri Yönetim Sistemi
Turkbilig, cilt.49, ss.139-162, 2025 (Scopus)
Studies on Turkey Turkish dialects that constitute the last link of Oghuz Turkish in the historical development process date back to the mid-19th century. Turkey Turkish dialects, which were studied by foreign researchers until the second half of the 20th century, eventually aIracted the aIention of local researchers with the colloquial compilation studies initiated by the Turkish Language Association in 1932, and thus, Turkish linguists began to carry out important studies on dialects since 1940. Thus, a large literature on Turkey Turkish dialects has been formed to date, the majority of which have been prepared as master's and doctoral theses. Currently, studies on Turkey Turkish dialects continue to be published as books, theses, articles, and papers. At the same time, serious projects are being carried out by the Turkish Language Association in this field, such as the New Compilation Dictionary and Turkey Turkish Dialect Atlas. In the study, the /b-/>/p-/ change at initial position was discussed, based on the texts compiled from the dialects of the Eastern Anatolia Region, in order to contribute to literature on the Turkish Dialect Atlas. The fieldwork was not conducted for the corpus of this study. Compilation texts from existing scientific studies of fourteen provinces in the Eastern Anatolia Region (Ağrı, Ardahan, Bingöl, Bitlis, Elâzığ, Erzincan, Erzurum, Hakkâri, Iğdır, Kars, Malatya, Muş, Tunceli, Van) were used. All words containing /b-/>/p-/ changes in the texts were identified and categorized according to their common features. In the analysis, a synchronic and diachronic approach was adopted. Additionally, a prevalence map of this sound change was created.