The semantic analysis of lexemes related to the domain of touch and feeling in the Turkish language

Kichl, Leon Jakov. (2018). The semantic analysis of lexemes related to the domain of touch and feeling in the Turkish language. Diploma Thesis. Filozofski fakultet u Zagrebu, Department of Hungarian, Turkish and Jewish Language and Literature > Chair of Turkish Language and Literature. [mentor Kerovec, Barbara].

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Abstract

The subject of this master's thesis is the analysis of the polysemy of lexemes related to the domain of touch and feeling in the Turkish language. Words stemming from four roots (duy-, dokun-, his- and sez-) are analyzed both to establish the semantic connections among words formed from one root and to compare the meanings of different words from the same conceptual domain. In order to be able to analyze meanings referring to physical touch and emotions, a short etymological analysis was conducted as a basis, which is then followed by the analysis of word meaning taken from dictionaries. The thesis is heavily underpinned by the theoretical work from Kurath (1921), Viberg (1984), Sweetser (1991), Evans & Wilkins (2000), Ibarretxe-Antuñano (2006), Aikhenwald & Storch (2013) and Kerovec (2016) on perception verbs and perception in language in general. The main postulate of this analysis is that meaning extends from the concrete to the abstract. The Croatian language is used for indicating nuances of meaning instead of drawing parallels. The results of the analysis showedthat many assumptions on meaning extensions in the IE language family were proven to be valid for Turkish, with Viberg's hierarchy of sensual modalities being the most relevant for the analysis.

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