Image as the most important cognitive component in the functioning of figurative meanings

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This study reveals the mechanisms of metaphoric conceptualization in language, highlighting the role of images in understanding human experience.

The study emphasizes that images are essential in understanding figurative meanings in human activity, linking cognition with language.
It identifies key properties of metaphoric units, showing how they organize conceptualization from an anthropocentric perspective.
The research argues that polysemy, or multiple meanings, arises from human engagement with conceptualization and categorization processes.
Imagery is demonstrated to be a holistic model, merging various mental aspects into comprehensive meanings, exemplified through the word suit.

Lyalya Gaynullovna Yusupova (2024) studied this question.

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This study reveals the mechanisms of metaphoric conceptualization in language, highlighting the role of images in understanding human experience.