The Study of Conceptualizing, Understanding and transferring Meaning through Mental Space builders in Children's Literature in Kurdish Language

Tabashir, Jalal; Yarahmadzehi, Nahid; Mohamadian, Amir

doi:10.30465/ls.2022.33862.1914

Document Type : Research original ,Regular Article

Authors

¹ M.A in Linguistics, Chabahar Maritime University (Corresponding Author

² Assistant professor of Linguistics, Chabahar Maritime University

³ Assistant professor of Linguistics Chabahar Maritime University

https://doi.org/10.30465/ls.2022.33862.1914

Abstract

The present study investigates mental spaces in children's fictional literature in the Surani dialect of Kurdish language, this study aimed to specify the use of space builders in children's fictional literature and to how it contributes to the conceptualization and transfer of concepts. In this study, a corpus of children's stories in the Kurdish language including 20 storybooks (10 with male and 10 with female author) was utilised. In a total of 1002 handred sentencse of this books, space builders of different types were found from among which 24 sentences were extracted and carefully analyzed. After reviewing and analyzing these sentences to determine how mental space builders function in creating mental spaces and transferring the concepts, the results of research showed that space builders are a very important issue in understanding and conveying concepts in children's literature. It can also be said that the lack of space builders in the texts of stories causes the reader not to correctly understand the sentences.

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General linguistics

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The Study of Conceptualizing, Understanding and transferring Meaning through Mental Space builders in Children's Literature in Kurdish Language

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Volume 13, Issue 1 - Serial Number 25
spring and summer
September 2022
Pages 101-134

The Study of Conceptualizing, Understanding and transferring Meaning through Mental Space builders in Children's Literature in Kurdish Language

References

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Volume 13, Issue 1 - Serial Number 25spring and summerSeptember 2022Pages 101-134

Volume 13, Issue 1 - Serial Number 25
spring and summer
September 2022
Pages 101-134