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Chapter 13. Armed with patience, suffering an emotion

The conceptualization of life, morality, and emotion in Turkish
  • Yeşim Aksan and Mustafa Aksan
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Abstract

This chapter examines the significance of two concepts for the target domains self and life in Turkish. More specifically, the Turkish words sabır ‘patience’ and çile ‘suffering’ are identified as source domains that structure not only emotion metaphors but also other target domains. We analyse conventionalized metaphorical expressions that employ these two source terms in data collected from Google searches and the two-million-word M(iddle) E(ast) T(echnical) U(niversity) corpus of Turkish. Data from contemporary dictionaries and the Turkish National Corpus at Mersin University are also examined. Taken together, these data reveal that sabır and çile are culturally salient concepts that serve to structure Turkish speakers’ understanding of life, morality, and emotion.

Abstract

This chapter examines the significance of two concepts for the target domains self and life in Turkish. More specifically, the Turkish words sabır ‘patience’ and çile ‘suffering’ are identified as source domains that structure not only emotion metaphors but also other target domains. We analyse conventionalized metaphorical expressions that employ these two source terms in data collected from Google searches and the two-million-word M(iddle) E(ast) T(echnical) U(niversity) corpus of Turkish. Data from contemporary dictionaries and the Turkish National Corpus at Mersin University are also examined. Taken together, these data reveal that sabır and çile are culturally salient concepts that serve to structure Turkish speakers’ understanding of life, morality, and emotion.

Chapters in this book

  1. Prelim pages i
  2. Table of contents v
  3. List of contributors vii
  4. Acknowledgements ix
  5. Introduction 1
  6. Part 1. Contexts of research
  7. Chapter 1. An assessment of metaphor retrieval methods 21
  8. Chapter 2. Metaphor in discourse 51
  9. Chapter 3. Metaphor identification in Dutch discourse 69
  10. Chapter 4. Locating metaphor candidates in specialized corpora using raw frequency and keyword lists 85
  11. Part 2. Contexts of production
  12. Chapter 5. Metaphor variation across L1 and L2 speakers of English 109
  13. Chapter 6. Metaphorical expressions in L2 production 135
  14. Chapter 7. Researching linguistic metaphor in native, non-native and expert writing 149
  15. Part 3. Contexts of interpretation
  16. Chapter 8. Appreciation and interpretation of visual metaphors in advertising across three European countries 177
  17. Chapter 9. English native speakers’ interpretations of culture-bound Japanese figurative expressions 195
  18. Chapter 10. The limits of comprehension in cross-cultural metaphor 217
  19. Part 4. Metaphor, topic, and discourse
  20. Chapter 11. Conceptual types of terminological metaphors in marine biology 239
  21. Chapter 12. Gestures, language, and what they reveal about thought 261
  22. Part 5. Metaphor and culture
  23. Chapter 13. Armed with patience, suffering an emotion 285
  24. Chapter 14. Trolls 309
  25. Chapter 15. A computational exploration of creative similes 329
  26. Part 6. Afterword and prospects for future research
  27. Chapter 16. Metaphors, snowflakes, and termite nests 347
  28. Name index 373
  29. Terms index 375
https://doi.org/10.1075/hcp.38.21aks

Chapters in this book

  1. Prelim pages i
  2. Table of contents v
  3. List of contributors vii
  4. Acknowledgements ix
  5. Introduction 1
  6. Part 1. Contexts of research
  7. Chapter 1. An assessment of metaphor retrieval methods 21
  8. Chapter 2. Metaphor in discourse 51
  9. Chapter 3. Metaphor identification in Dutch discourse 69
  10. Chapter 4. Locating metaphor candidates in specialized corpora using raw frequency and keyword lists 85
  11. Part 2. Contexts of production
  12. Chapter 5. Metaphor variation across L1 and L2 speakers of English 109
  13. Chapter 6. Metaphorical expressions in L2 production 135
  14. Chapter 7. Researching linguistic metaphor in native, non-native and expert writing 149
  15. Part 3. Contexts of interpretation
  16. Chapter 8. Appreciation and interpretation of visual metaphors in advertising across three European countries 177
  17. Chapter 9. English native speakers’ interpretations of culture-bound Japanese figurative expressions 195
  18. Chapter 10. The limits of comprehension in cross-cultural metaphor 217
  19. Part 4. Metaphor, topic, and discourse
  20. Chapter 11. Conceptual types of terminological metaphors in marine biology 239
  21. Chapter 12. Gestures, language, and what they reveal about thought 261
  22. Part 5. Metaphor and culture
  23. Chapter 13. Armed with patience, suffering an emotion 285
  24. Chapter 14. Trolls 309
  25. Chapter 15. A computational exploration of creative similes 329
  26. Part 6. Afterword and prospects for future research
  27. Chapter 16. Metaphors, snowflakes, and termite nests 347
  28. Name index 373
  29. Terms index 375
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