Year: 2025
Type: article
Abstract: This article investigates the nation-specific meanings of horizontal orientation metaphors in the Uzbek language from a cognitive-cultural perspective. The study demonstrates how spatial oppositions such as right–left, front–back and center–periphery metaphorically structure social order, moral evaluation, and interpersonal relations in Uzbek worldview. By analyzing idiomatic expressions, proverbs, and cultural practices, the research reveals that horizontal spatiality functions as a conceptual model reflecting respect, legitimacy, power, marginality, and social status. These metaphorical mappings are shaped by historical traditions, religious norms, and ethnolinguistic values.
Author: Yoqubova, Mohistara
Language: English
Subfield: Experimental and Cognitive Psychology
Field: Psychology
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W7115187894
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