LINGUISTIC FEATURES OF METAPHORS USED IN UZBEK TALKS ON THE EXAMPLE OF CUMULATIVE TALKS

This article analyzes the linguistic features of metaphorical expressions found in cumulative tales, one of the important genres of Uzbek folk oral literature. During the study, not only the artistic and aesthetic load of metaphors is determined, but also their semantic structure, structural model, pragmatic function and linguoculturological factors. The author pays special attention to the role of metaphors formed in cumulative tales through repeated plots and images in reflecting national thinking and mentality.