HOW PROVERBS CHANGE MEANING WHEN THEY TRAVEL BETWEEN CULTURES: A LOOK AT ENGLISH, RUSSIAN, AND UZBEK

Аннотация

Many people think that metaphors are only sophisticated language employed by poets. However, Lakoff and Johnson (1980) [2] contend that metaphors are essential to how our brains perceive complicated concepts. We understand abstract concepts (like life or death) by connecting them to concrete experiences (like a travel or a game). For instance, when we say, “You attacked my argument,” we are employing the underlying metaphor ARGUMENT IS WAR