THE ARCHITECTURE OF THOUGHT: METAPHOR AS A COGNITIVE MECHANISM

Authors

  • Abdurakhmonova Asila Asliddin kizi PhD student at Tashkent state university of oriental studies, lecturer at the department of philology and language teaching at KIU

Keywords:

cognitive metaphor, cross-domain mapping, source domain, target domain, embodiment.

Abstract

 In this paper the metaphor is examined as a cognitive tool rather than a rhetorical or stylistic device. Based on conceptual metaphor theory, it looks at how abstract notions are systematically organized via cross-domain mappings founded on embodied human experience. 

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Thomas Hobbes. Leviathan. – Cambridge: Cambridge university press, 1991. – 445b

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Published

2025-12-29

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Abdurakhmonova Asila Asliddin kizi. (2025). THE ARCHITECTURE OF THOUGHT: METAPHOR AS A COGNITIVE MECHANISM. Journal of Applied Science and Social Science, 15(12), 1356–1358. Retrieved from https://www.internationaljournal.co.in/index.php/jasass/article/view/2848

Issue

Vol. 15 No. 12 (2025): Volume 15 Issue 12

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