A Grammar of Turkish Sign Language (TİD)

9.2.1. Metonymy vs. metaphor

Metaphoric usage of linguistic expressions involves two domains: concrete and abstract, and concrete concepts are mapped to abstract concepts. Metonymy, on the other hand, involves substituting one concept with another related one.

          Metonymy [Lexicon - 1.1.] is also possible in TİD. The sign antalya, a city in Turkey, is homophonous with the sign orange since Antalya is famous for its oranges.

 

 

antalya – orange

 

In the following example, federatıon, which is an institution stands for the members of that institution.

 

 

          federatıon yesterday report accept

          ‘Federation accepted the report yesterday.’

 

In the following, denızlı, another city in Turkey, stands for the Deaf association in that city.

 

          denızlı t-i-d educatıon start

          ‘Denizli has started TID education.’

 

In the following, a vehicle, bıcycle, stands for its driver.

 

          mornıng bıcycle ıx1 hıt

          ‘A bicycle hit me in the morning.’

                                                           (adapted from Dikyuva, et al., 2015: 304)

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Meltem Kelepir

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© 2020 Kadir Gökgöz, Aslı Göksel, Demet Kayabaşı, Meltem Kelepir, Onur Keleş, Okan Kubus, Aslı Özkul, A. Sumru Özsoy, Burcu Saral, Hande Sevgi, Süleyman S. Taşçı

Bibliographical reference for citation

The entire grammar:
Kelepir, Meltem (ed.). 2020. A Grammar of Turkish Sign Language (TİD). 1st ed. (SIGN-HUB Sign Language Grammar Series). (https://thesignhub.eu/grammar/tid) (Accessed 31-10-2021)

A Chapter:
LastName, FirstName. 2020. Syntax: 3. Coordination and Subordination. In Kelepir, Meltem (ed.). 2020. A Grammar of Turkish Sign Language (TİD). 1st ed. (SIGN-HUB Sign Language Grammar Series), 230-237. (https://thesignhub.eu/grammar/tid) (Accessed 31-10-2021)

A Section:
LastName, FirstName. 2020. Phonology: 1.1.1.2. Finger configuration. In Kelepir, Meltem (ed.). 2020. A Grammar of Turkish Sign Language (TİD). 1st ed. (SIGN-HUB Sign Language Grammar Series), 230-237. (https://thesignhub.eu/grammar/tid) (Accessed 31-10-2021)

LastName, FirstName. 2020. Syntax: 3.1.2.1.3. Manual markers in disjunctive coordination. In Kelepir, Meltem (ed.). 2020. A Grammar of Turkish Sign Language (TİD). 1st ed. (SIGN-HUB Sign Language Grammar Series), 230-237. (https://thesignhub.eu/grammar/tid) (Accessed 31-10-2021)