Language as Topos: A Study of Turkish Polysemy

Цитата:
The study of polysemy connibutes to our understanding of different topologies of
language. Polysemy implies metaphorical richness and provides clues to linguistic
ontology in that it effects translation between the verbal and the non-verbal, linking the
articulated and the tacit, i.e. language and silence. Implicit in the Turkish saying bir dil,
bir insan (one language, one person) is an image of language as at once the mark of
humanness and the defining feature of human variation, while another formulaic saying,
dilin kemigi yoktur (the tongue has no bone(s», implies a flexibility of meaning and
intention which, without language, would be unavailable to humans.
Taking certain features of Turkish polysemy as a guide, this thesis steers an analytic
pathway through the rich diversity of modem Turkish ideational culture as it is lived by
various members of the Turkish community in Melbourne.

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