Linguocultural and Cognitive-semantic Features of the Concept of "moon": on the Example of the Uzbekistan National Mentality
Year: 2026
Type: article
Abstract: This article analyzes the linguocultural, cognitive-semantic and axiological properties of the concept of “Moon” in the Uzbek language. The lexical-semantic structure of the image of the Moon, the spiritual possibilities of units such as hilol, qamar, moh, badr, adopted from Arabic and Persian languages , and their role in national-cultural thinking are highlighted. Also, the associative connections of the concept of “Moon” with the concepts of beauty, woman, mother, love, light, purity, goodness, happiness, longing and renewal, conceptual-metaphorical models and evaluative properties are studied. The analysis pays special attention to the manifestation of the image of the Moon in the aesthetic views, family values, spiritual and moral imagination and artistic thinking of the Uzbek people. It is based on the fact that the study of the concept of the Moon serves to reveal not only the nominative, but also the symbolic, emotional and cultural content of language units.
Language: English
Topic: Language and Culture
Subfield: Linguistics and Language
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W7223250763