SOMATIC METONYMY AS A COGNITIVE MECHANISM FOR REGULATING EMOTIONAL INTENSITY IN ENGLISH AND KARAKALPAK PHRASEOLOGY
Keywords:
Somatic metonymy, emotional intensity, phraseology, somatisms, body-part projection, cognitive linguistics, English, KarakalpakAbstract
This study explores how somatic metonymy operates as a cognitive mechanism for encoding and grading emotional intensity within English and Karakalpak phraseological units (PUs). Moving beyond simple cross-linguistic categorization, this paper investigates the differential reliance on internal visceral somatisms (visceroptics) versus external physical markers (corporality) when expressing varying degrees of affective disruption (anger, fear, sadness, shame). Through an analysis of 21st-century English and Karakalpak literary prose, the research demonstrates how body-part selection directly correlates with the cognitive conceptualization of emotional magnitude and behavioral control.
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