LINGUOCULTURAL INTERPRETATION OF THE CONCEPT OF “DISEASE” IN MEDICAL DISCOURSE IN UZBEK AND RUSSIAN LANGUAGES
Keywords:
medical discourse, disease concept, Uzbek language, Russian language, linguoculturology, concept, metaphor.Abstract
This article examines the linguocultural representation of the concept of “disease” in Uzbek and Russian medical discourse. The study focuses on how the words kasallik, dard, xastalik in Uzbek and болезнь, недуг, хворь in Russian express not only biomedical meaning, but also cultural, emotional and social evaluations. Medical discourse is understood as a communicative sphere where scientific terminology, patient narratives, ethical norms and cultural beliefs interact. The analysis shows that Uzbek discourse often conceptualizes disease through the semantic fields of suffering, cure, patience and social empathy, whereas Russian discourse more visibly combines clinical objectification with metaphorical models of struggle, burden and social disorder. The findings confirm that disease is not merely a physiological state, but also a culturally interpreted experience.
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