An Assesment about some Phrases which are not Idiom but are Located in Turkish Idiom Dictionaries Cover Image

Türkçe Deyimler Sözlüklerine Alinmiş, Deyim Olmayan Kimi Söz Öbeklerine İlişkin Bir Değerlendirme
An Assesment about some Phrases which are not Idiom but are Located in Turkish Idiom Dictionaries

Author(s): Necmi Akyalçın
Subject(s): Morphology, Lexis, Pragmatics, Philology
Published by: Uluslararası Kıbrıs Üniversitesi
Keywords: Idioms; prepositional phrases; figurative meaning;

Summary/Abstract: In this study, the idioms used in Turkish are analyzed, and in this respect what kinds of features that prepositional phrases must have to form idioms are examined. Evaluations, which have been prepared through the words chosen from Turkish Idioms Dictionaries, are given under seven subtitles. The main purpose of this study is to be able to prove that many phrases which are reckoned as idioms are not actually idioms and to illustrate what kinds of characteristics that prepositional phrases must have to form idioms with examples and commentary. Through this process, this study aims to contribute to the removal of some confusion that is coincided about idioms in Turkish.

  • Issue Year: 17/2011
  • Issue No: 68
  • Page Range: 121-142
  • Page Count: 22
  • Language: Turkish