Sports, Culture and Language: A Content Analysis on Proverbs and Idioms in Turkish Language
Articles > Article · 2022
Authors: Şadiye Emet GÜREL, Pelin GÖNKEK
İstanbul Ticaret Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Dergisi, International Refereed University Journal, International, EBSCO, 2022, vol 21, pp 1341-1364
DOI: 10.46928/iticusbe.1135351
Summary
<p><strong>Purpose:</strong> The sport can be defined as the action, which can be performed individually or as a team and subject to certain rules, that serves the development of body, mind, and soul. Sport leads the individual to performance, competition, solidarity, teamwork, and success meanwhile contributes to personal development. The historical development of sports follows a course parallel to the history of civilization. It is possible to analyze the development of modern sport through the development of capitalism. In this parallel, the first appearance of sport can be associated with the discovery of one's own existence and the struggle against nature. Sport is also a cultural act. As Huizinga points out with the concept of ‘homo ludens’ it is possible to draw attention to the fact that the beginning of everything pertaining to humans is the game. According to Huizinga, the game that is known to be fictional and out of everyday life, which is also a voluntary and free action that completely engages the player; throughout history, it has survived as a fundamental element of culture in every aspect of life. This study is based on the connection of the game with the culture and existence of the game from all eternity, aims to investigate the place and importance of sports phenomenon in Turkish by means of proverbs and idioms.</p><p><strong>Method:</strong> The study is performed with qualitative design, is designed by adopting the Turkish Language Association Proverbs and Idioms Dictionary as a universe and carried out with the content analysis method.</p><p><strong>Findings: </strong>Proverbs and idioms related to the sports phenomenon in the Turkish language determined and evaluated according to the categories. In the conclusion part of the study, findings interpreted and suggestions for future studies presented.</p><p><strong>Originality:</strong> The main conclusion reached in the study is that the phenomenon of sports has a very important place in idioms in Turkish language.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Keywords: </strong><em>Sports, Culture, Language, Content Analysis, Turkish, Proverb, Idiom.</em></p>