FROM NAMING TO PERSUASION: A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF THE NOMINATIVE, EVALUATIVE, EXPRESSIVE, AND ARGUMENTATIVE FUNCTIONS OF METAPHOR IN ENGLISH AND UZBEK
Keywords:
metaphor, nominative function,, evaluative function,, expressive function,, argumentative function,, English, Uzbek.Abstract
The article compares four major functions of metaphor in English and Uzbek: nominative, evaluative, expressive, and argumentative. It shows that metaphor in both languages helps speakers conceptualize abstract experience, express attitudes, intensify emotion, and guide interpretation.
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