Semantic analysis of the metaphor in the medical discourse of the Uzbek language
Abstract
AbstractStudying the materials and a literary review on the topic, it was determined that there is no clear scientific data and analytical work on the semantics of the metaphor terms in the medical vocabulary of the Uzbek language. In the modern world, where the lexical layer of languages is continuously replenished with new terms, scientific linguistics needs to quickly and thoroughly control them, i.e. regulation, problems of borrowing, implementation in practice, etc. Scientific novelty The basis for a detailed study of medical metaphors was established. In particular, statistical and analytical data were obtained on the peculiarities of transferring the semantics of terms-metaphors from the donor-sphere to the field of medicine.Goal The goal of the semantic analysis of metaphor terms was to determine the aspects and nuances of the transfer of meaning, which are wholly preserved, partially or completely lost or reincarnated from the cognitive or linguocultural point of view of a specialist when transferred from one sphere to another.Materials and Methods To carry out this study, methods such as random sampling, definitional analysis, semantic analysis, interpretative analysis, and quantitative counting were used. As research materials, encyclopaedic medical dictionaries and medical texts from magazines, manuals and mass media were used.Conclusion If in an ordinary scientific term the word is taken,particularly, from a highly specialized discourse, then the semantics of the metaphor term is formed purely on the associations of the term author. This can be an external similarity, a similarity of the performing functions, or the cognition of a scientist.The all term-metaphorical layer of medical vocabulary can be considered as the result of the human cognitive mechanism. After all, the term-metaphor is the result of the mental and intellective activity of a specialist.