ÂŞIK PAŞA'NIN DİL ÜZERİNE DÜŞÜNCELERİ VETÜRKÇEYE HİZMETİ

In this paper, Aşık Paşa's view on "language" and "speech" are considered. For this, his views on general linguistics and Turkish, and his works are handled. As it is exhibited throughout the article, in every language whatever it is, the origin and basis of "speech" has to be conceived. According to Aşık Paşa, "speech" has derived from the divinity. Aşık Paşa's metaphoric explanations on the issue are shown. Furthermore, Garip-name, one of the most outstanging works of Turkish, is also analysed according to the topic and selected examples related with "speech" are given.