Conceptualizations of the Eye in Turkish Idioms
Abstract
This study aims at investigating the word ‘eye’ in
Turkish idioms from a cognitive linguistic perspective to reveal Turkish
speakers’ cognitive schemas of the ‘eye’, and to propose a cultural model
relating the ‘eye’. The database is composed of idioms containing the word
‘eye’ compiled from several monolingual dictionaries of Turkish idioms. Idioms
and their definitions are analyzed in terms of their figurative use of abstract
concepts. The conceptual metaphors and metonymies were identified on the basis
of the Conceptual Metaphor Theory (Lakoff
& Johnson, 1980; Kövecses, 2000). The findings reveal that the ‘eye’ is
generally conceptualized as EYE FOR THE FUNCTION OF EYE. Additionally, it is
used in the conceptualizations of mental faculties (remembering, intention),
emotions (love, sadness), personal characteristics (greed, naiveté), physical
states (time, death), and cultural elements (evil eye, curses). The study
provides further support for the interaction among language, body, cognition
and culture in Turkish.
Keywords
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Details
Primary Language
Turkish
Subjects
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Journal Section
Research Article
Authors
Melike Baş
AMASYA ÜNİVERSİTESİ
Türkiye
Publication Date
December 30, 2016
Submission Date
December 29, 2016
Acceptance Date
December 18, 2016
Published in Issue
Year 1970 Volume: 27 Number: 2
Cited By
Emotional Conceptualization in Turkish and English Body Idioms
Dil Araştırmaları
https://doi.org/10.54316/dilarastirmalari.1370628Türk Argosunda Erkek ve Kadın Eğretilemeleri
IBAD Sosyal Bilimler Dergisi
https://doi.org/10.21733/ibad.1480561
