Abstract
All languages have a common, ontological nature, and this nature cannot be changed. Although there are some differences in the fictions of languages, the general course of this ontological nature is the same in all languages. Although we are talking about an ontological nature that is the same in all languages, the differences that exist between languages affect and determine the attitudes of societies that use this language. In another respect, history is a totality of social attitudes. Therefore, the language used by society can affect the attitude of that society. In other words, societies have an attitude in such a way that the language they use is foreseen. So much so that, beyond the fictional difference, even the presence or absence of a word in any language can be decisive of a social attitude. Of course, the presence or absence of a word is a small detail in the whole; but when the peculiar fictions of languages are evaluated as a whole, the effects of social attitudes on history, which is the totality, will be seen more clearly. In this study, first of all, the concept of “language family” will be focused on by giving the “definition of language”. Then, the nature of Turkish will be discussed through the language family fiction and its reflections on history will be discussed. Turkish, English, Arabic and will be sampled throughout the study.
Highlights
Language is described as a means of mutual communication between people and as a system that allows the transfer of feelings, thoughts and desires to others with the help of common rules in terms of sound, shape and meaning. (Korkmaz, 1992: 43)
We focus on the Indo-European language family, the Semitic language family and the Ural-Altaic language family, and we will make examples through Turkish, Arabic and English
We can give the main features of the Indo-European language family, the main of which are classified as above:
Summary
Language is described as a means of mutual communication between people and as a system that allows the transfer of feelings, thoughts and desires to others with the help of common rules in terms of sound, shape and meaning. (Korkmaz, 1992: 43). “we describe some of our feelings, thoughts and wishes by making signs that start with the hand and eyebrow with the eye; but our most perfect means of expression is language” (Banguoğlu, 1974: 10) Considering all these definitions, we can say that language, as a potential structure, is a tool that people use to agree with each other. Language is a system of telling by speaking and writing what is wanted, thought and heard in human communities From this point of view, it is possible to say that it arises from the need for agreement created by living together (Emre, 1945: 3). In terms of structure and functioning, it is a natural communication system revealed by human labor and mind on earth (Eker, 2015: 111) and is a human-specific phenomenon (Demir-Yılmaz, 2016: 15)
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