Down Sendromunun Kavramsal Metaforların Zihinde İşlemlenme Sürecine Etkisi
Year 2021,
Issue: 37, 11 - 23, 31.12.2021
Bertuğ Sakın
,
Sümeyra Özkan
,
Volkan Yonarkol
Abstract
Down sendromlu çocuklar sağlıklı akranlarıyla aynı dönemde ilk sözcüklerini üretmeye başlarlar ve kelime dağarcıkları da buna bağlı olarak gelişim gösterir fakat Down sendromlu çocuklarda ilerleyen dönemlerde soyut içerikli ifadeleri anlama sorunları ortaya çıkmaya başlar ve bu durum insan iletişim sisteminin önemli bir parçası olan imgesel dilin büyük bir alanını kapsayan metaforların zihinde işlemlenmesi sürecini ciddi şekilde etkilemektedir. Bu çalışmada kavramsal metaforların zihinde işlemlenmesi süreci, Down sendromu özelinde ele alınmıştır. Çalışmamızın araştırma desenini nitel araştırma yöntemlerinden durum çalışması oluşturmaktadır. Araştırmamızda metaforların zihinde işlemlenmesi sürecinin Down sendromu koşulları altındaki oluşumunun derinlemesine incelenip betimlenmesi amaçlanmaktadır. Çalışmada veri toplama aracı olarak kavramsal metaforların zihinde işlemlenme biçimini incelemek üzere yapılandırılmış sorulardan faydalanılmıştır. Uygulamalarda elde edilen veriler betimsel analiz yoluyla çözümlenerek yorumlanmıştır. Araştırma sonucunda Down sendromunun, metaforların zihinde işlemlenmesi sürecine olumsuz yönde etki ettiği, yeni metaforların Down sendromu sebebiyle daha zor algılandığı ve bu metaforları içeren uygulamalarda Down sendromlu bireylerin daha fazla hata yaptıkları, kalıplaşmış metaforlarla yapılan uygulamalarda daha başarılı oldukları, aynı kavramsal arka plana sahip metaforlarda kalıplaşmış olanlar ile yeni üretilenler ve düz anlamlı olanlar ile bozuk yapılı metaforları birbirlerine zıt olacak şekilde hatalı işlemledikleri ve özellikle yönelim metaforlarının işlemlenme sürecinde de ciddi sorunlar yaşandığı tespit edilmiştir.
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The Impact of Down Syndrome on the Mental Processing of Conceptual Metaphors
Year 2021,
Issue: 37, 11 - 23, 31.12.2021
Bertuğ Sakın
,
Sümeyra Özkan
,
Volkan Yonarkol
Abstract
Children with Down (DS) begin to produce their first words and develop vocabulary at the same time as their healthy peers. However, over the course of time, children with DS begin to experience problems with understanding abstract expressions, which affects their mental processing of metaphors that play an important role in human communication. In this paper, we conducted a qualitative case study to examine and describe how individuals with DS process metaphors. Specifically, we administered a series of structured questions to an individual with DS and used descriptive analysis for the responses. We determined through the research that DS has a negative effect on processing metaphors and that individuals with DS experience more difficulty perceiving and using new metaphors than they do formulaic ones. We also detected an inverse correlation between the incorrect usage of formulaic and new metaphors and literal and malformed metaphors in individuals with DS and observed that the biggest difficulties occur in processing orientational metaphors.
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- Grauwe, S. D., Swain, A., Holcomb, P. J., Ditman, T. & Kuperberg, G. R. (2010). Electrophysiological insights into the processing of nominal metaphors. Neuropsychologia, 48, 137-142.
- Güleryüz Adamhasan, B. (2014). Teaching and learning phrasal verbs through conceptual metaphors. (Yayımlanmamış yüksek lisans tezi). Çukurova Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü, Adana.
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- Stefanini, S., Caselli, M. C. & Volterra, V. (2007). Spoken and gestural production in a naming task by young children with Down syndrome. Brain and Language, 101, 208-221.
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