VERBAL EXPRESSION OF THE CONCEPTS OF “HEART” AND “YURAK” (IN COMPARISON BETWEEN ENGLISH AND UZBEK LANGUAGES)
Keywords:
Сердце, Юрак, Сравнительное языкознание, Семантика, Идиомы, Культурные нюансы, Английский язык, Узбекский язык.Abstract
This article investigates the semantic and cultural nuances embedded in the verbal
expressions of "heart" in English and "yurak" in Uzbek. While both terms broadly
denote a central organ associated with life, their linguistic manifestations extend far
beyond the physiological, encompassing rich metaphorical landscapes related to
emotion, courage, essence, and intellect. Through a comparative analysis, this study
aims to delineate the similarities and divergences in how these concepts are utilized in
idiomatic expressions, proverbs, and everyday language within their respective
linguistic and cultural contexts. The research employs a contrastive linguistic approach,
drawing on corpus linguistics for data collection and semantic field theory for analysis.
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