Yıl: 2017 Cilt: 0 Sayı: 1 Sayfa Aralığı: 57 - 77 Metin Dili: İngilizce İndeks Tarihi: 29-07-2022

Turkey as BODY POLITIC: A Comparative Perspective on Body-related Metaphors from Turkish, British, and American Political News Discourse

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This study investigates the body politic conceptualization of Turkey in political discourse. A corpus-driven Critical Metaphor Analysis is carried out on the corpus of Political Discourse (POLDIS) which consists of political news articles from Turkish, British and American newspapers. The source domains of "BODY", "LIFE", and "HEALTH" are mapped into the target domain: "TURKEY". The manifested general metaphor "A COUNTRY IS AN ANIMATE BEING" and its sub-metaphors are described for both languages. The comparative results show that the conceptual metaphors used for Turkey are in line between both languages, yet the frequency and the resonance of the source domains differ. Adding on to the existing literature, language specific source concepts, such as "FATE" in Turkish and "HANDICAP" in English are identified. The study is preliminary in the sense that it describes how Turkey as a sociopolitical entity is conceptualized in Turkish and English political discourse
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Siyasal Bir Varlık Olarak Türkiye: Türk, İngiliz ve Amerikan Siyasi Gazete Haberleri Söylemlerindeki Vücut Metaforlarına Karşılaştırmalı Bir Bakış

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Bu araştırma, Kavramsal Metafor Kuramı (Lakoff ve Johnson, 1980) çerçevesinde bir sosyopolitik yapı olarak Türkiye'nin metaforik bağlamda kavramsal olarak yeniden yapılandırılmasını ulusal ve uluslararası siyasi söylemlerde inceleyerek tasvir etmektedir. Türk, İngiliz ve Amerikan gazetelerinden derlenmiş politik haberlerden oluşan Political Discourse (POLDIS) derlem verisi Derleme dayalı Eleştirel Metafor Analizi (CharterisBlack, 2004) yöntemi ile incelenmiştir. Sonuçlar; "Bir CANLI olarak Türkiye" metaforik kavramsallaştırması bağlamında, Türkçe ve İngilizce'de "VÜCUT", "YAŞAM" ve "SAĞLIK" kaynak alanlarının ortak olarak kullanıldığını göstermiştir. Her iki dilde de tezahür eden "ÜLKE CANLI BİR VARLIKTIR" ana metaforu ve bu ana metaforun alt metaforları içinde bulundukları karşılaştırmalı sonuçlar, canlı bir varlık olarak Türkiye için kullanılan metaforların her iki dilde de benzer kavramsal çerçeveler içinde gözlemlendiği, bununla beraber kaynak alanların sıklığı ve rezonans değerlerinin farklılık gösterdiği saptanmıştır. Çalışma, daha önce alanda yapılan çalışmalardan farklı olarak Türkçe veride gözlemlenen "KADER" ve İngilizce veride gözlemlenen "İŞİTMEME" münferit kaynak konseptlerini tespit etmiştir. Çalışma ayrıca, daha önce araştırılmamış olan sosyopolitik bir varlık olarak Türkiye'nin metaforik kavramsallaştırması konusunu incelemesi sebebiyle öncül niteliği taşımakta ve mevcut metafor çalışmalarına karşılaştırmalı bir bakış açısıyla katkı sağlamaktadır
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APA GÜLER H, Efeoğlu-Özcan E (2017). Turkey as BODY POLITIC: A Comparative Perspective on Body-related Metaphors from Turkish, British, and American Political News Discourse. , 57 - 77.
Chicago GÜLER Hale Işık,Efeoğlu-Özcan Esranur Turkey as BODY POLITIC: A Comparative Perspective on Body-related Metaphors from Turkish, British, and American Political News Discourse. (2017): 57 - 77.
MLA GÜLER Hale Işık,Efeoğlu-Özcan Esranur Turkey as BODY POLITIC: A Comparative Perspective on Body-related Metaphors from Turkish, British, and American Political News Discourse. , 2017, ss.57 - 77.
AMA GÜLER H,Efeoğlu-Özcan E Turkey as BODY POLITIC: A Comparative Perspective on Body-related Metaphors from Turkish, British, and American Political News Discourse. . 2017; 57 - 77.
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IEEE GÜLER H,Efeoğlu-Özcan E "Turkey as BODY POLITIC: A Comparative Perspective on Body-related Metaphors from Turkish, British, and American Political News Discourse." , ss.57 - 77, 2017.
ISNAD GÜLER, Hale Işık - Efeoğlu-Özcan, Esranur. "Turkey as BODY POLITIC: A Comparative Perspective on Body-related Metaphors from Turkish, British, and American Political News Discourse". (2017), 57-77.
APA GÜLER H, Efeoğlu-Özcan E (2017). Turkey as BODY POLITIC: A Comparative Perspective on Body-related Metaphors from Turkish, British, and American Political News Discourse. Dilbilim Araştırmaları Dergisi, 0(1), 57 - 77.
Chicago GÜLER Hale Işık,Efeoğlu-Özcan Esranur Turkey as BODY POLITIC: A Comparative Perspective on Body-related Metaphors from Turkish, British, and American Political News Discourse. Dilbilim Araştırmaları Dergisi 0, no.1 (2017): 57 - 77.
MLA GÜLER Hale Işık,Efeoğlu-Özcan Esranur Turkey as BODY POLITIC: A Comparative Perspective on Body-related Metaphors from Turkish, British, and American Political News Discourse. Dilbilim Araştırmaları Dergisi, vol.0, no.1, 2017, ss.57 - 77.
AMA GÜLER H,Efeoğlu-Özcan E Turkey as BODY POLITIC: A Comparative Perspective on Body-related Metaphors from Turkish, British, and American Political News Discourse. Dilbilim Araştırmaları Dergisi. 2017; 0(1): 57 - 77.
Vancouver GÜLER H,Efeoğlu-Özcan E Turkey as BODY POLITIC: A Comparative Perspective on Body-related Metaphors from Turkish, British, and American Political News Discourse. Dilbilim Araştırmaları Dergisi. 2017; 0(1): 57 - 77.
IEEE GÜLER H,Efeoğlu-Özcan E "Turkey as BODY POLITIC: A Comparative Perspective on Body-related Metaphors from Turkish, British, and American Political News Discourse." Dilbilim Araştırmaları Dergisi, 0, ss.57 - 77, 2017.
ISNAD GÜLER, Hale Işık - Efeoğlu-Özcan, Esranur. "Turkey as BODY POLITIC: A Comparative Perspective on Body-related Metaphors from Turkish, British, and American Political News Discourse". Dilbilim Araştırmaları Dergisi 1 (2017), 57-77.