World Language Studies

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The interaction of language and cultural elements has been studied by various disciplines. The field of cultural linguistics examines the linguistic signs that emerge with this interaction, by revealing the cultural phenomena and their meanings. Thus, a society's world of thought, philosophy of life, history and culture can be recognized more clearly. Various cultural phenomena, including the values, thoughts, beliefs, customs, and traditions of the society, are reflected in stereotypical language units. V. N. Teliya defines code cultures as “All words and phrases that contain various cultural phenomena in addition to their own meaning (1996, s. 216)”. Code cultures, which convey the language worldview of the society, manifest themselves in idioms, which are important units of language. Based on Teliya's definition of code culture, the code cultures in Turkish idioms are listed under the following headings, together with examples: human code cultures (ana kuzusu, iç güveysinden hallice), animal culture codes (bit yeniği, devlet kuşu), plant culture codes (dut yemiş bülbüle dönmek), code cultures of nature (şimşekleri üstüne çekmek, yıldızı parlamak), code cultures of household-goods (ocağını söndürmek, perde arkası), code cultures of clothing-goods (ateşten gömlek, bulunmaz Hint kumaşı), food (food / drink) code cultures (ayranı kabarmak, ipe un sermek), building (architecture) code cultures (kirişi kırmak), spiritual code cultures (imana gelmek, nazar değmek), religious code cultures (bayram etmek), time code cultures (gece gündüz (dememek), space code cultures (altından Çapanoğlu çıkmak, yokuş aşağı), color code cultures (alı al, moru mor olmak, gözü kara), body code cultures (Arap saçı gibi olmak, sineye çekmek), number code cultures (beş para etmez, kırkı çıkmak).
In this study, it is aimed to determine the code cultures in Turkish idioms and to classify the idioms in terms of cultural linguistics. This classification, which will be made according to code cultures, is a trial. Ten idioms from each code culture will be sampled in the classification. The idioms to be examined in the study were selected from the resources named Ömer Asım Aksoy's Atasözleri ve Deyimler Sözlüğü I-II and TDK’s Atasözleri ve Deyimler Sözlüğü in the internet. It is aimed to obtain important information about the national values of the Turkish society and the world of thought and concept by extracting the cultural phenomena reflected in the idioms and their meanings.