An Overview of Phonosemantic

Year 2023, Issue: 17, 304 - 326, 10.06.2023

Ahmet Akçataş , Emrah Erol

https://doi.org/10.46250/kulturder.1269402

Cited By: 1

Abstract

This article reviews the establishment and development of phonosemantics, which is known to be a relatively young field of linguistics. Current issues of this field are analyzed, including the background and causes of iconic vocabulary research, as well as the potential for interaction with other sciences. The purpose of the analysis consists in forming an overview of the historical development of phonosemantics. The results of the research work include the development of phonosemantics, the presentation of its main ideas and research direction. The study also states the perspectives of language iconicity studies and the collaboration of linguistic studies with other branches. It should be underlined that phonosemantics has great research potential not only as a general scientific field, but also as an interdisciplinary research field. The arbitrariness of the linguistic sign is a fundamental assumption in modern linguistic theory. However, in recent years, an increasing amount of research has explored the nature of arbitrary relationships between linguistic sounds and semantics. This review aims to show the amount of findings to date and to evaluate different studies devoted to phonological iconicity. Much of the work focuses on onomatopoeias, ideophones, phonesthemes, and symbolism of size and shape. Many of these findings are from a number of different languages, which suggest an intrinsic relationship between attributes. In conclusion, it is worth noting that modern phonosemantic research offers largely theoretical work due to the lack of empirical research.

Keywords

phonosemantic, sound symbolism, onomatopoeias, phonesthemes, size symbolism

Fonosemantiğe Genel Bir Bakış

Abstract

Bu makale, oldukça genç bir dil bilimi alanı olduğu bilinen fonosemantiğin kuruluşunu ve gelişimini gözden geçirir. İkonik kelime araştırmalarının arka planı ve nedenlerinin yanı sıra, diğer bilimlerle etkileşiminin potansiyeli de dâhil olmak üzere bu alanın güncel sorunları analiz edilir. Analizin amacı, fonosemantiğin tarihsel gelişimine genel bir bakış oluşturulmasıdır. Araştırma çalışmasının sonuçları, fonosemantiğin gelişimini, ana fikirlerini ve araştırma yönünün sunumunu içermektedir. Çalışma aynı zamanda dil ikonikliği çalışmalarının perspektiflerini ve dil bilimsel çalışmaların diğer dallarla iş birliği içinde olduğunu belirtmektedir. Fonosemantiğin sadece genel bir bilimsel alan olarak değil, aynı zamanda disiplinler arası bir araştırma alanı olarak da büyük bir araştırma potansiyeline sahip olduğunun altı çizilmelidir. Dil bilimsel işaretin keyfîliği, modern dil bilimi teorisinde temel bir varsayımdır. Bununla birlikte, son yıllarda, giderek artan miktarda araştırma, dilsel sesler ve semantik arasındaki keyfî olmayan ilişkilerin doğasını araştırmıştır. Bu derleme, bugüne kadar elde edilen bulguların miktarını göstermeyi ve fonolojik ikoniklik konusuna adanmış farklı araştırmaları değerlendirmeyi amaçlamaktadır. Çalışmaların çoğu, yansıma ifadeler, fikir veren sesler, ahenksel uyum, boyut ve biçim sembolizmi üzerine toplanır. Bu bulguların birçoğu, nitelikler arasında içsel bir ilişki olduğunu öne süren bir dizi farklı dilden elde edilmiştir. Sonuç olarak, modern fonosemantik araştırmanın, deneysel araştırma eksikliği nedeniyle büyük ölçüde teorik çalışmalar sunduğunu belirtmekte fayda vardır.

Keywords

fonosemantik, ses sembolizmi, yansıma kelimeler, ahenksel uyum, boyut sembolizmi

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