Processing of English idioms with body part components by native speakers of Turkish learning English with intermediate level of proficiency

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Abdramanova, Saule
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The thesis examines the comprehension of English idioms with body part components by Turkish learners, i.e., the strategies they use when guessing the meaning of idioms. Fifteen English idioms are taken from the British National Corpus and are selected to meet the criteria of the width of range and the frequency of usage; also idioms with a bigger amount of representation, as well as idioms having and not having Turkish analogues and equivalents are included. The research is mainly based on the assumptions of the theory of Conceptual metaphors (Lakoff & Johnson, 2003; Lakoff, 1987) which emphasizes an extensive role of metaphors in humans’ life. The study is conducted among first-year students from different departments of Middle East Technical University (METU), Ankara. Retrospective data collection method is applied; the validity and reliability of data in the present study is achieved by the application of three research methods: questionnaires, interviews, and think-aloud protocols. The obtained data are analyzed, and it is found out that Turkish learners prefer to comprehend English idioms through associations rather than concepts and universals.
English language, English language, English language
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https://hdl.handle.net/11511/21638
Graduate School of Social Sciences, Thesis

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S. Abdramanova, “Processing of English idioms with body part components by native speakers of Turkish learning English with intermediate level of proficiency,” Ph.D. - Doctoral Program, Middle East Technical University, 2012.
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