Известия казумоимя имени Абылай хана серия «филолог…»
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| Theoretical background The present research is mainly based on the assumptions
of the theory of Conceptual metaphors [4-5]. The theory emphasizes an extensive role of metaphors in humans‘ life. Metaphors are formed due to the ability of people to categorize and structure the surrounding world into the system of categories which range from general to specific ones, with cognitively basic categories in the middle of this hierarchy: ‖The basis for concepts is categorization‖ [6; p. 96]. According to Lakoff and Johnson [5], language is a representation of the embodied experience of the surrounding reality by people, and, consequently, is formed by conceptual structures determined by that experience. Concepts are formed on the basis of metaphors, and Gibbs, who classifies them as primary and complex ones, claims that ИЗВЕСТИЯ КазУМОиМЯ имени АБЫЛАЙ ХАНА серия «ФИЛОЛОГИЧЕСКИЕ НАУКИ» 25 ―primary metaphors, derived from bodily experience, are likely to be widespread and universal, while complex metaphors, based on basic metaphoric and metonymic mappings and cultural beliefs, are likely to be more culturally specific‖ [7; p. 9]. Since body parts function similarly in all human beings, particularly five senses through which people experience the world, one can expect universality in the way representatives of different cultures perceive it. The evidence that there are universal and culture-specific categories is unanimously accepted by cognitive linguists. Idioms with body part components have been selected as an object of the present research due to the important role the human body plays as a source domain for metaphorical meaning. To be more specific, central parts of the human body (the heart, the head and the brain, in particular) are treated as ‗the locus of the mind‘ [8]. In cognitive linguistics there is a notion of ‗embodiment‘ (intertwining of mind and body) which reveals an interconnection between thoughts, emotions and language on one side and the human body, including internal body parts, on the other [6]. Cognitive linguists [9-11], point out the importance of bodily experience for the formation of language and thought: the former serves as a foundation and a source for the latter. English and Turkish languages belong to different language families (Indo- European and Turkic); therefore, there are certain differences in the way body part components are structured and conceptualized in idioms, and in the manner they are perceived and utilized in two languages. To identify the role and the function of the body parts in idioms, such categories as ‗metaphors‘ and ‗conceptual metaphors‘ need to be considered, as far as these notions are closely linked to idioms: their components may be metaphors, and many idioms may be understood on the basis of conceptual metaphors. Meanwhile, a similarity may be found in the meaning of English and Turkish idioms as well as in conceptual representation of their body part components due to common perception of the surrounding world by representatives of two nations and due to the universality of the body parts functions. жүктеу/скачать 3,43 Mb. Достарыңызбен бөлісу:
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