A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF METAPHOR IN ENGLISH AND UZBEK LITERARY WORKS
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Zilola Berdiyeva ()Files
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This study presents a comparative analysis of metaphorical expressions in English and Uzbek literary works, focusing on Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird and G’afur G’ulom ’s Shum Bola. The aim of the research is to investigate how metaphors function as cognitive, cultural, and stylistic devices in literature, highlighting similarities and differences between the two linguistic traditions. The study employs a qualitative approach, lexical-semantic analysis. The results demonstrate that in both works, metaphors serve as conceptual tools that structure abstract experiences through concrete, embodied images. English metaphors often emphasize moral reasoning, temporal progression, and social ideology, while Uzbek metaphors foreground physical hardship, survival, and spatial experience. Both rely on idiomatic expressions embedded in cultural context, still differ in focus and lexical realization. In conclusion, metaphor serves as a universal cognitive-linguistic mechanism, simultaneously shaped by culture, history, and narrative purpose.
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