Processing Metaphors: Models of Processing, Factors Influencing Processing Mechanisms, and Recent Studies in Turkish

Fatma Nur Öztürk; Meryem Ezgi Bayramoğlu; Duygu Özge

doi:10.18492/dad.773081

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Metafor Çözümleme Süreçleri: Çözümleme Modelleri, Çözümleme Sürecini Etkileyen Faktörler ve Türkçede Yapılan Son Çalışmalar

Öz

İnsan zihni, sembolik ifadeleri duyduğunda milisaniyeler içinde anlamlandırabilir. Ancak hangi bilişsel süreçlerin metaforların çözümlenmesinde rol aldığı ve bu mekanizmaların çocukluktan yetişkinliğe nasıl geliştiği konusunda henüz yanıtı bilinmeyen birçok soru bulunmaktadır. Bu makale, metafor çözümleme sürecini açıklayan iki temel modeli psikodilbilim çerçevesinde inceleyerek, metafor algılama yetisinin gelişimine etki eden unsurları ve bu alanda Türkçede yapılmış çalışmaları incelemektedir. Türkçede metafor çözümlenmesi üzerine yapılan deneysel çalışmaların gitgide artmasının literatüre hız kazandırdığı görülmüştür. Bu makale, bu konuda Türkçede nörodilbilim ve psikodilbilim çerçevesinde daha çok çalışma yapılması gerektiğini göstererek, bilişsel bozukluğu olan yetişkinlerde ve atipik ve tipik gelişim gösteren çocuklarda metafor çözümleme süreçlerinin nasıl olduğu üzerine yapılacak yeni araştırmalara çağrı yapmaktadır

Anahtar Kelimeler

Processing Metaphors: Models of Processing, Factors Influencing Processing Mechanisms, and Recent Studies in Turkish

Abstract

Humans have an innate capacity to comprehend the communicative intentions behind utterances as soon as they hear them. However, there are still many unresolved questions regarding which cognitive mechanisms help people to recognize metaphorical expressions and how these mechanisms develop from childhood to adulthood. This article aims to examine two models of metaphor processing, summarizes the factors affecting the process of metaphor comprehension, and presents a literature review on metaphor processing in Turkish. This systematic review demonstrates that Turkish literature is advancing with more experimental studies in the field of metaphor processing and calls on further psycholinguistic research to understand how individual differences influence the processing and acquisition of metaphors.

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Review

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Fatma Nur Öztürk
0000-0002-2161-1367
Türkiye

Meryem Ezgi Bayramoğlu
0000-0001-9578-276X
Türkiye

Duygu Özge ^*
0000-0002-1698-5479
Türkiye

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December 30, 2020

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July 24, 2020

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December 28, 2020

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Year 2020 Volume: 31 Number: 2

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https://doi.org/10.18492/dad.773081

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Öztürk, F. N., Bayramoğlu, M. E., & Özge, D. (2020). Processing Metaphors: Models of Processing, Factors Influencing Processing Mechanisms, and Recent Studies in Turkish. Dilbilim Araştırmaları Dergisi, 31(2), 289-312. https://doi.org/10.18492/dad.773081