THE PROBLEM OF CONCEPTUAL METAPHOR AND LINGUISTIC EXPRESSIONS

Metaphor, conceptual, concept, structure, phenomenon, linguistic expressions.

Authors

  • Farruh USMANOV Samarkand State Institute of Foreign Languages Senior teacher of the department of English Philology PhD , Uzbekistan

The article deals the metaphors are considered to be one such type of linguistic deviation that leads to foregrounding and defamiliarization. However, the assumption that these violations are deliberately used for the sake of drawing attention to their status as being violations becomes problematic when considered in light of the findings of Conceptual Metaphor Theory.