Polysemy of Temporal Preposition in Kurdish Journalism

Abstract

This paper aims to analyze the polysemy of the Kurdish preposition ‘in’ for a time from the cognitive linguistic approach called ‘image schemas’ that is used in this study. Kurdish prepositions are used to deal with issues collected from digital Kurdish newspapers in the field of a sports football field, such as Hawler and Khabat. The study aims to identify the polysemy of prepositions in Kurdish journalism, analyze the meanings and function of polysemy of prepositions, and find differences in the frequencies of various polysemy of the time preposition ‘in’. The data is analyzed to determine the most common types of image schemas that can reflect the identification of polysemy of time preposition ‘in’ in Kurdish from the above-mentioned sources. Finally, the study shows the most common and effective types of image schemas like container, part-whole, blockage, movement-along-path, support, scale, and as well as collections of image schemas and merging of image schemas to show that polysemy of the time preposition ‘in’ has two or more distinct related meanings. It is concluded that a preposition’s core sense is determined in part by its image schema. It has been discovered that several image schemas may all play a role in the extension and/or construction of meaning for this temporal preposition. Furthermore, it is also concluded that the most frequently used preposition in both digital Kurdish newspapers in the field of sport is the temporal preposition among other prepositions.