Cultural surreal hybrid creatures in idioms: From blended concepts to metaphorical source domains
Muhammet Fatih Adıgüzel
This chapter investigates the role of cultural surreal hybrid creatures in idiomatic expressions, bridging Conceptual Blending Theory (Fauconnier & Turner) and Conceptual Metaphor Theory (Lakoff & Johnson). Many idioms draw on fantastical, culturally specific hybrid beings—such as half-human/half-animal or monstrous composites—that originate as blended conceptual structures in the mind. These blends integrate input spaces (e.g., human traits, animal behaviors, mythical elements) to create emergent meanings that cannot be reduced to their literal components. The analysis focuses on Turkish idioms featuring such entities (e.g., involving dragons, centaurs-like figures, or folkloric monsters), demonstrating how surreal hybrids function as powerful metaphorical source domains for abstract conc...
Turkish Adolescents’ Embodiment of the Metaphor Love Is A Journey and Its Culture Specific Manifestations in Their Language Use
Muhammet Fatih Adıgüzel
The purpose of the study is to explore the extent of Turkish adolescents’ embodiment of the universal conceptual metaphor love is a journey and their culture-specific reflection of the metaphor in their use of Turkish. The metaphor is approached in the study within the framework of Lakoff and Johnson’s (1980) conceptual metaphor theory. According to the theory, perceived resemblances between certain components of the target concept love and those of the source concept journey are the underlying cognitive motivation that allows the former to be conceptualized in terms of the latter. This study investigates the Turkish adolescents’ embodiment and linguistic manifestations of the metaphor love is a journey in the 87 compositions comparing a love relationship to a journey that were written...
Metaphoric Conceptualization of Love Pain or Suffering in Turkish Songs through Natural Phenomena and Natural Disasters
Muhammet Fatih Adıgüzel
Traditional Turkish love is identified with suffering. This study investigates how suffering in love is metaphorically conceptualized in Turkish via natural phenom ena and disasters. Based on figurative expressions in sad love songs of Arabesque and Art music genres, the study reveals that love pain/suffering is expressed through three salient metaphors: 1) LOVE PAIN/SUFFERING IS NATURAL PHENOMENA,2)LOVE PAIN/SUFFERING IS NATURAL DISASTERS, and 3) the overarching metaphor (the suffering) LOVER’SBODYISALANDSCAPE(affected by weather conditions or natural disasters). It was unearthed from metaphoric expressions in lyrics that as part of a cultural scenario, natural phenomena anddisastersareprofiledasinternalized forces culturally imagined to directly affect vital body parts to expres...