A CORPUS-BASED THEORETICAL INVESTIGATION OF THE EMOTIONAL–EXPRESSIVE, NATIONAL–CULTURAL AND COMMUNICATIVE–PRAGMATIC DIMENSIONS OF METAPHOR

knowledge and interact with others. Many studies have looked at metaphor as a way of mapping concepts. They use tools to analyze language.. Few studies look at how metaphor affects our emotions, culture and communication all at once. This article tries to fill that gap. It uses a model that combines theory and data analysis. We look at metaphor using ideas from conceptual metaphor theory, cultural linguistics and discourse pragmatics. We study patterns in English and Uzbek data. We find that metaphor does things. It can intensify feelings. It can carry meanings.. It can shape how we interpret discourse. Our findings show that metaphor is more than a way of speaking. It connects our thoughts, culture and communication. Metaphor plays a role, in how we think and communicate. Metaphor helps us understand ideas. Metaphor is used in different ways. The study of metaphor is important. It helps us understand cognition. It helps us understand knowledge.. It helps us understand communicative interaction. Metaphor is a tool. It can be used in different contexts.. It can have many different effects. By studying metaphor we can learn more about how we think. We can learn more about how we communicate.. We can learn more about how culture affects our interactions.