LAKOFF AND JOHNSON'S THEORY OF METAPHOR AND BURDEN METAPHOR IN COMPOUND VERBS IN OLD TURKISH AND MIDDLE TURKISH

G. Lakoff's and M. Johnson's theory of metaphor demonstrates that metaphor is not an only figure of speech, also a psychological and cognitive mechanism has an impact on perception and behavior. In the first chapter of this study; Lakoff's and Johnson's theory of metaphor and Turkish equivalents of their metaphor examples which they gave for English are mentioned. In the second chapter of this study; burden metaphor is diachronically traced in compound verbs which are established with tusur-, kir-, kotur-, yud-, tart-, cek- in the Old and Middle Turkish and compound verbs which are established with cek-, tart- are compared with Persian equivalents.