THE ROLE OF METAPHORS AND METONYMIES IN THE UZBEK LANGUAGE WITHIN THE CONCEPTUAL SYSTEM OF SIGNS
Keywords:
metaphor, metonymy, semiotics, sign system, Uzbek language, cognitive linguistics, cultural models, conceptual mappingAbstract
This study investigates how metaphors and metonymies function as semiotic devices in the Uzbek language. Drawing upon cognitive and semiotic theories, the article analyzes the symbolic transformation of linguistic units into signs through figurative expressions. The findings reveal that metaphor and metonymy operate not merely as rhetorical ornaments, but as cognitive mechanisms that encode cultural models, abstract concepts, and collective experience into concrete linguistic forms. As a result, these figures of speech contribute to the construction of a conceptual system of signs in the Uzbek linguistic worldview.
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