On the Issue of Semantics of One Type of Paronomastic Expression in Georgian and Turkish (Comparative Analysis)

Abstract

In the languages, structurally different from each other, various grammatical phenomena may have analogues. Although Turkish and Georgian belong to different language groups, there are observed a certain kind of syntactic similarities. Paronomasia is a natural phenomenon for Georgian. Esprecially often it is used in Old Georgian, though it is not unknown to modern Georgian either. This kind expressions are wide spread also in Turkish. Paronomastic expressions have many times become the subject of linguists’ attention in both Georgian and Turkish. However, no one has been interested in the comparative analysis of similar forms in the two languages until now. The subject of our research is paronomastic expressions of the type „naħvit naħa“ „görmesine gördü” „as for seeing, he saw”; „ċasvlit ċaval“ „gitmeye giderim” „as for going, I’ll go”. This article discusses paronomastic expressions in Georgian and Turkish. The similarities that emerged when comparing the studied forms are shown.
The introductory part of the study discusses the essence of paronomasia. There is presented a brief review of the Georgian and Turkish scientific literature related to the issue. The central part is dedicated to the discussion of the structure and semantics of one type of paronomasia in Georgian and Turkish. Its syntactic qualification and functions are discussed. In the final part are given the results of the study. During the study were revealed similarities between Georgian and Turkish paronomastic expressions, which indicates that such expressions may be considered linguistic universals.