The Body Fact in Turkish Language: A Content Analysis on Proverbs and Idioms
Articles > Article · 2019
Authors: Şadiye Emet GÜREL, Merba Tat
Akdeniz Üniversitesi İletişim Fakültesi Dergisi, International Refereed University Journal, International, EBSCO, 2019, pp 235-256
Summary
<p>The body is both the carrier of physiological human existence and of sociocultural values and beliefs. The body is a concern for various disciplines in the modern world and is also an important subject of linguistics and culture studies. Language, one of the main elements constituting the culture of a society, enables the accumulation of experiences and their transfer to future generations. Proverbs and idioms are linguistic tools enhancing expressive power and revealing of the lifestyle, tendencies, beliefs, traditions, and values of a culture. Through studies of proverbs and idioms, the importance and value that society attributes to certain incidents, cases, and situations can be analyzed. This study aims to examine the fact of the body in Turkish proverbs and idioms. The Turkish Language Association’s Dictionary of Proverbs and Idioms was selected as the research population and screened, then proverbs and idioms were categorized based on their meaning and reviewed using the content analysis method. The findings are interpreted and suggestions are made for further studies.</p><p><br></p><p><strong>Keywords:</strong> Body, Culture, Body Studies, Proverb, Idiom</p>