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METAPHORICAL EXPRESSION OF QUANTITY IN ENGLISH
Uskenbayeva, Dilnoza
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This article examines the metaphorical expression of quantity in English withinconceptualmetaphor theory. It analyzes recurrent mappings, including more is up, quantity is a container, andscalesarepaths, showing how abstract amount is grounded in physical experience. Using a qualitative, corpus-informedmethod, the study classifies metaphorical quantity expressions from everyday, economic, and scientificdiscourse.Results show that quantity metaphors are pervasive and systematic, confirming the role of embodiedcognitioninshaping linguistic meaning.
conceptual metaphorquantitycognitive linguisticsembodied cognitionEnglishlanguagecontainer metaphorscale metaphorcorpus analysis.
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