LINGUISTIC AND CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS OF MEDICAL METAPHORS IN ENGLISH AND UZBEK
Keywords:
medical metaphors, English, Uzbek, cognitive linguistics, cultural semantics, conceptual metaphor, figurative languageAbstract
This article explores the linguistic and cultural characteristics of medical metaphors in English and Uzbek. Medical terminology, originally confined to clinical contexts, has expanded semantically and is now used metaphorically in everyday speech, literature, media, and political discourse. This study investigates how such metaphors function, the cognitive and cultural mechanisms that shape them, and the similarities and differences in their use across the two languages. The research is grounded in the Conceptual Metaphor Theory and uses comparative and descriptive analysis to examine how medical metaphors reflect cultural worldviews and social norms.
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