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Idioms By Expression of Minstrels
Formulaic words provide insights into how a language is rich and versatile with its capacity of expression in terms of its vocabulary. These structures with their figures of speech, universal experiences and ability to express more with less words seem like they are the products of a poet; however, they are merely anonymous. For instance, working diacronically on idioms which are regarded as formulaic structures does not lead to finding out their original version or who might have said them in the first place. However, we know that these structures have transformed into their current versions as a result of being processed in the memory of the community’s mutual memory. Although it is not the purpose of this paper to find out the first poet-spirited owner of these idioms, it is commonly known that folk poets have frequently made use of idioms. Thus, have poets used idioms in their poems in the same as common folk, or has their poetic characteristic encouraged them to change them and add new meanings to them by using certain figures of speech? Could certain poems be carrying traces of those idioms’ original versions? How have idioms with their literary structures been used by poems with their literary ability? This paper aims to discuss these questions. s
Anahtar Kelimeler
Folk poem, vocabulary, idiom, formulaic word