Abstract:

In the classical sense, metaphor is seen only as the figure of speech, while modern /contemporary metaphor expresses a wider conceptual field. In the broadest sense, metaphors belong to the language that reveals or hides our emotions. One type of metaphor frequently used in proverbs is orientation metaphors. Orientation metaphors are formed when people use direction-oriented words when communicating with each other. This method has been frequently used in new Uighur proverbs. The words that provide orientation in the new Uighur proverbs: aldi (front)/keyin (back), yuquri (up)/ tüve (down), yiraq (far)/yéqin (close), tar (narrow)/keñ (wide), néri (beyond)/beri (side), téş (outside)/iç (inside). In addition to these words that indicate direction-direction, words such as çiq- (go up)/çüş- (drop), baş (top)/ayak (foot), asman(sky)/yer (floor) also report orientation. At the point of choosing new Uyghur proverbs, “the Uighur Proverbs and Idioms” of Kurtuluş Öztopçu and the “Uygur Xelq Maqal Representations” of Muhemmet Rehim, which I translated in my master thesis, were used. The classification method used in Muhammet Emin Yıldız's "Classification of Orientation Metaphorical in Idioms" article was used, but a new title was added because some proverbs in the coordinate clause do not fall under any title in this classification. Among the orientation metaphors of the Uighurs, it was found that they used the metaphor of the aldi (front) / keyin (back), yiraq (far) / yéqin (close). The fact that the new Uighur proverbs have not been studied metaphorically is one of the characteristics that make this study unique.

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