DISEASE NAMES AS LINGUOCULTURAL CONCEPTS: THE SEMANTIC FIELD OF DARD/MALADIE IN UZBEK AND FRENCH
Keywords:
dard, maladie, disease names, semantic field, Uzbek, French, linguocultural concept, medical discourse, metaphorAbstract
This article examines Uzbek dard and French maladie as linguocultural concepts rather than simple equivalents of “disease.” Through semantic, conceptual, and pragmatic analysis, it shows that dard links illness with pain, sorrow and disclosure, while maladie organizes pathology through diagnostic, institutional and metaphorical meanings
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