TÜRKÇE BOYUT SIFATLARININ ANLAMSAL GÖRÜNÜMLERI: “BÜYÜK” VE “KÜÇÜK”

Literal and figurative meanings are two ends of a continuum we can not talk about sharp distinction between these meaning types (Dirven, 2002; Gibbs & Colston, 2012; Radden, 2002). Such exhibits different degrees figurativity. Radden (2002) considers this as literal-metonymy-metaphor continuum; where Dirven focuses on conceptual closeness distance the continuum. This study aims to analyse semantic aspects Turkish adjectives büyük (big) küçük (small) by referring National Corpus (TNC) in light gradation literal-figurative proposed (2002). In order reach aim; first noun experiential domains modified analysed then categories identified. The results show that for most frequently used adj+noun constructions abstract nouns common domain is EVALUATION. For animate entities PHYSICAL DIMENSION. both display from literal with literal, pre-metonymic, metonymic, post-metonymic metaphoric meanings.