A Cognitive Form of Spatialization: Mind (Mental) Metaphors And Related Lexical Choices In Old Uyghur

Kenan Azılı

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A Cognitive Form of Spatialization: Mind (Mental) Metaphors And Related Lexical Choices In Old Uyghur

Yazarlar:

Kenan Azılı

Yayıncı:

Ankara Hacı Bayram Veli University

Ana Başlıklar:

Sözlükbilim ve Anlambilim | Eski Türk Dili (Orhun | Uygur | Karahanlı)

Dergi:

Gazi Türkiyat Issue 35, pp.25-38

Belge Tipi:

Makale

Yayın Tarihi:

12/2024

Belge Dili:

Türkçe

Document ID (Org No.):

2001336812

pISSN:

1307-914X

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 Conceptual metaphors, which have an important function in language-mind relations, are shown among the thinking practices that emerge with various conceptual connections such as concretization and simile. These metaphors, which bear the traces of primitive thinking activities in daily life, are generally defined as making use of concrete concepts in order to understand abstract concepts. With the conceptual metaphor theory first put forward by Lakoff and Johnson 1980, such forms of expression in the worlds languages have become the focus of attention. According to this theory, which questions what kind of mental relationships are used to express abstract concepts such as time, life and thought, many concepts are understood based on conceptual metaphors. On the other hand, studies conducted to date show that a large portion of the conceptual metaphor types that can be diversified have universal characteristics. One of these metaphors is the CONTAINER METAPHORS, which are about an abstract concept such as the mind. CONTAINER METAPHORS, which represent a communication system in which the mind is a container and thoughts are placed in this container, result in the mind being perceived as an object in terms of concretization. However, the first stage in the preliminary thinking practices for abstract concepts requires the mind to be associated with space. Because, ontologically, the existence of a being or object in the world depends on the condition of being in space. Therefore, the inter-conceptual relationships that conceptual metaphors have are not only represented by concrete-abstract relationships; they are also represented by a progressive chain of concepts. In this study, based on the argument that the concept of mind is associated with space before the objectification process, historical texts will be scanned and classified within the scope of Old Uyghur texts. Firstly, the conceptual field of the word marking the concept of mind will be evaluated with various linguistic data. Then, it will be examined whether the abstraction of the mind has conceptual relations such as space, then objectbeing and finally advanced metaphor. In this respect, the universality of the available typological data will be discussed by evaluating the views put forward in previous studies.

 Conceptual metaphors, which have an important function in language-mind relations, are shown among the thinking practices that emerge with various conceptual connections such as concretization and simile. These metaphors, which bear the traces of primitive thinking activities in daily life, are generally defined as making use of concrete concepts in order to understand abstract concepts. With the conceptual metaphor theory first put forward by Lakoff and Johnson 1980, such forms of expression in the worlds languages have become the focus of attention. According to this theory, which questions what kind of mental relationships are used to express abstract concepts such as time, life and thought, many concepts are understood based on conceptual metaphors. On the other hand, studies conducted to date show that a large portion of the conceptual metaphor types that can be diversified have universal characteristics. One of these metaphors is the CONTAINER METAPHORS, which are about an abstract concept such as the mind. CONTAINER METAPHORS, which represent a communication system in which the mind is a container and thoughts are placed in this container, result in the mind being perceived as an object in terms of concretization. However, the first stage in the preliminary thinking practices for abstract concepts requires the mind to be associated with space. Because, ontologically, the existence of a being or object in the world depends on the condition of being in space. Therefore, the inter-conceptual relationships that conceptual metaphors have are not only represented by concrete-abstract relationships; they are also represented by a progressive chain of concepts. In this study, based on the argument that the concept of mind is associated with space before the objectification process, historical texts will be scanned and classified within the scope of Old Uyghur texts. Firstly, the conceptual field of the word marking the concept of mind will be evaluated with various linguistic data. Then, it will be examined whether the abstraction of the mind has conceptual relations such as space, then objectbeing and finally advanced metaphor. In this respect, the universality of the available typological data will be discussed by evaluating the views put forward in previous studies.

 Conceptual metaphors, which have an important function in language-mind relations, are shown among the thinking practices that emerge with various conceptual connections such as concretization and simile. These metaphors, which bear the traces of primitive thinking activities in daily life, are generally defined as making use of concrete concepts in order to understand abstract concepts. With the conceptual metaphor theory first put forward by Lakoff and Johnson 1980, such forms of expression in the worlds languages have become the focus of attention. According to this theory, which questions what kind of mental relationships are used to express abstract concepts such as time, life and thought, many concepts are understood based on conceptual metaphors. On the other hand, studies conducted to date show that a large portion of the conceptual metaphor types that can be diversified have universal characteristics. One of these metaphors is the CONTAINER METAPHORS, which are about an abstract concept such as the mind. CONTAINER METAPHORS, which represent a communication system in which the mind is a container and thoughts are placed in this container, result in the mind being perceived as an object in terms of concretization. However, the first stage in the preliminary thinking practices for abstract concepts requires the mind to be associated with space. Because, ontologically, the existence of a being or object in the world depends on the condition of being in space. Therefore, the inter-conceptual relationships that conceptual metaphors have are not only represented by concrete-abstract relationships; they are also represented by a progressive chain of concepts. In this study, based on the argument that the concept of mind is associated with space before the objectification process, historical texts will be scanned and classified within the scope of Old Uyghur texts. Firstly, the conceptual field of the word marking the concept of mind will be evaluated with various linguistic data. Then, it will be examined whether the abstraction of the mind has conceptual relations such as space, then objectbeing and finally advanced metaphor. In this respect, the universality of the available typological data will be discussed by evaluating the views put forward in previous studies.

 Dil-zihin ilişkilerinde önemli bir işleve sahip olan kavramsal metaforlar, somutlama ve benzetme gibi çeşitli kavram bağlantılarıyla meydana çıkan düşünme pratikleri arasında gösterilir. Gündelik hayatta, ilkel düşünme faaliyetlerinin izlerini taşıyan bu metaforlar, genellikle soyut kavramların anlaşılabilmesi için, somut kavramlardan yararlanma olarak tanımlanmaktadır. İlk kez Lakoff ve Johanson 1980 tarafından ileri sürülen kavramsal metafor kuramıyla beraber, dünya dillerindeki bu türden ifade biçimleri ilgi odağı olmuştur. Özellikle zaman, hayat ve düşünce gibi soyut kavramların ne türden zihinsel ilişkiler sonucu ifade edildiğini sorgulayan bu kurama göre birçok kavram, kavramsal metafora bağlı olarak anlaşılmaktadır. Diğer taraftan, bugüne kadar yapılan çalışmalar, çeşitlenebilen kavramsal metafor türlerinin büyük bir kısmının evrensel özellikler taşıdığını göstermektedir. Bu metaforlardan biri zihin gibi soyut bir kavramın konu edildiği KAP METAFORLARIdır. Zihnin bir kap olduğu ve düşüncelerin bu kap içine yerleştiği bir iletişim sistemini temsil eden KAP METAFORLARI, zihnin somutlaştırma yönüyle nesne olarak algılanmasıyla sonuçlanır. Oysa, soyut kavramlar için öncül düşünme pratiklerinde ilk aşama, zihnin mekân ile ilişkilendirilmesini gerektirir. Zira ontolojik olarak varlık veya nesnenin dünyada var oluşu, mekânda bulunma şartına bağlıdır. Dolayısıyla kavramsal metaforların sahip olduğu kavramlar arası ilişkiler yalnızca somut-soyut ilişkisi değil; aşamalı bir kavramlar zinciriyle temsil edilmektedir. Bu çalışmada, zihin kavramının nesneleştirme sürecinden önce mekân ile ilişkilendirildiği savından hareketle, Eski Uygur metinleri kapsamında tarihsel metinler taranarak sınıflandırılacaktır. İlk olarak zihin kavramını işaretleyen sözcüğün kavramsal alanı çeşitli dilsel verilerle değerlendirilecektir. Ardından, zihin soyutluğunun önce mekân, ardından nesnecanlı ve nihayet ileri metafor gibi kavramsal ilişkilere sahip olup olmadığı irdelenecektir. Bu yönüyle, önceki çalışmalarda ileri sürülen görüşler değerlendirilerek eldeki tipolojik verilerin evrenselliği tartışılacaktır.

Makale detayları

A Cognitive Form of Spatialization: Mind (Mental) Metaphors And Related Lexical Choices In Old Uyghur

Yazarlar:

Kenan Azılı

Yayıncı:

Ankara Hacı Bayram Veli University

Ana Başlıklar:

Sözlükbilim ve Anlambilim | Eski Türk Dili (Orhun | Uygur | Karahanlı)

Dergi:

Gazi Türkiyat Issue 35, pp.25-38

Belge Tipi:

Makale

Yayın Tarihi:

12/2024

Belge Dili:

Türkçe

Document ID (Org No.):

2001336812

pISSN:

1307-914X

Conceptual Metaphor

Spatialization

Objectification

Mind

Old UyghurKavramsal Metafor

Mekânlaştırma

Nesneleştirme

Zihin

Eski Uygurca

Sayı

Makale detayları

Yazarlar: Kenan Azılı

Yayıncı: Ankara Hacı Bayram Veli University

Ana Başlıklar: Sözlükbilim ve Anlambilim | Eski Türk Dili (Orhun | Uygur | Karahanlı)

Dergi: Gazi Türkiyat Issue 35, pp.25-38

Belge Tipi: Makale

Yayın Tarihi: 12/2024

Belge Dili: Türkçe

Document ID (Org No.): 2001336812

pISSN: 1307-914X

Sayı

Yazarlar:

Kenan Azılı

Yayıncı:

Ankara Hacı Bayram Veli University

Ana Başlıklar:

Sözlükbilim ve Anlambilim | Eski Türk Dili (Orhun | Uygur | Karahanlı)

Dergi:

Gazi Türkiyat Issue 35, pp.25-38

Belge Tipi:

Makale

Yayın Tarihi:

12/2024

Belge Dili:

Türkçe

Document ID (Org No.):

2001336812

pISSN:

1307-914X