Emotional Conceptualization in Turkish and English Body Idioms

Authors : Zeynep Cihan Koca Helvaci

Pages : 249-266

Doi:10.54316/dilarastirmalari.1370628

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Publication Date : 2024-05-31

Article Type : Research Paper

Abstract :imagery, which facilitates and vitalizes expression and communication. As building blocks of the human soul, emotions generally display themselves in non- voluntary body reactions or verbal expressions which are generally the embodied expressions of the physical reactions of the body in a specific situation. Body organs such as ‘face’, ‘eyes’ or ‘heart’ are frequently used in idioms to transmit certain emotions. Although emotions are universal, there may be cultural and cognitive differences among the idiomatic expressions of languages. In other words, languages may use distinctive ways to express an emotion and body parts are one of these variants. It is the target of this study to make a comparison between the conceptualization preferences of idioms and emotions regarding parts of the body in Turkish and English.
Keywords : deyimler, duygusal kavramsallştırma, Türkçe, İngilizce