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Emblematic hand gestures are culturally specific to a social community/group/class or a given social context. Having a direct verbal translation, they are similar, in one sense, to idiomatic expressions in language. In that perspective, they might sometimes replace speech. Furthermore, being partly conventional as they vary from one culture to another, and partly motivated as a close analogic relationship is established between the signifier and the signified, they might also bear an iconic or a metaphoric gestural dimension. The aim of this study consists in showing how Turkish hand emblems morphologically convey meaning and how they pragmatically ensure communication; i.e. which semantic traits are transmitted by the gestural form in relation to the implied equivalent verbal message to be communicated and thus, to the communicative function they assume. Departing from this aim, a TV commercial featuring some Turkish emblems specific to a gastronomic setting was selected and analysed in a software called ELAN. The findings show that emblems having an iconic dimension either depict concrete physical entities by conveying semantic traits such as form, size and quantity, or they illustrate actions through motion as semantic trait. Moreover, they mostly assume a referential function, although they are rarely charged with a conative function. However, emblems bearing a metaphoric dimension refer to the depiction abstract concepts by mostly transmitting quantity and attention as semantic traits, and they may assume a conative, a referential or an expressive function on the pragmatic level depending on the case. Keywords: Turkish Emblematic Hand Gestures, Gestural Semantic Trait, Gestural Function TURK EKININDE EL BELIRTKELERININ ANLAM OLGUSUNU NASIL AKTARDIKLARINA ILIŞKIN BIR CALIŞMA Oz El belirtkeleri (amblematik jestler) bir topluma, toplumsal gruba, sinifa ya da herhangi bir toplumsal baglama has ekinsel devinimlerdir. Sozlu dilde dolaysiz karsiligi bulunan belirtkeler, bir bakima, dile has deyimler gibidirler. Bu acidan bakildiginda, sozun yerini tutabilirler Ayrica, bir ekinden digerine degisiklik gostermelerinden oturu kismen uzlasimsal ve gosteren ile gosterge arasinda olusan benzesimsel iliskiye bagli olarak da kismen nedenli olan belirtkeler, resimsel ya da egretilemesel boyutlar ortaya koyabilirler. Bu calismanin amaci, Turk ekinine has el belirtkelerinin anlam olgusunu bicimsel temelde nasil aktardiklarinin; diger bir deyisle, fiziksel boyutta devinimsel bicimin, kastedilen esdeger sozel iletiyle baglantili olarak hangi anlamsal ozellikleri aktardiginin ve boylece, hangi bildirisimsel islevleri yuklendiginin incelenmesidir. Bu amactan yola cikarak Turk yemek ekinine has bazi belirtkeleri iceren bir televizyon reklami secilmis ve ELAN adli bilgisayar programinda cozumlenmistir. Bulgular, resimsel boyuta sahip belirtkelerin bicim, buyukluk ve nicelik gibi anlamsal ozellikleri aktararak somut fiziksel nesneleri ya da yer degistirme anlamsal ozelligini aktararak edimleri betimledigini gostermektedir. Ayrica, bahsi gecen devinimlerin, ender olarak cagrisal; ancak daha cok, gondergesel bir islev kazandigi gorulmektedir. Ote yandan, egretilemesel boyuta sahip belirtkelerin, daha cok, nicelik ve dikkat cekme anlamsal ozelliklerini aktararak soyut kavramlara gondermede bulunduklari ve duruma bagli olarak da, edimsel boyutta cagrisal, gondergesel ya da anlatimsal isleve sahip olduklari gorulmustur. Anahtar Kelimeler: Turk Ekinine Has El Belirtkeleri, Devinimsel Anlam Ozelligi, Devinimsel Islev

A STUDY ON HOW TURKISH EMBLEMATIC HAND GESTURES CONVEY MEANING