COGNITIVE CATEGORIZATION OF UNITS OF MEASUREMENT: FROM OBJECTIVE REALITY TO DISCURSIVE REALIZATION IN ENGLISH AND UZBEK
Abstract
This article presents an integrative cognitive-discursive interpretation of units of measurement in English and Uzbek. It distinguishes measurement as a universal cognitive operation from the measurement unit as a socially standardized and linguistically verbalized form of quantitative experience. The theoretical framework combines prototype theory, cognitive grammar, frame semantics, embodied cognition, and cognitive approaches to language and knowledge. English units such as inch, foot, yard, mile, and meter are compared with Uzbek qarich, qadam, gaz, tanob, metr, and kilogramm. Conceptual-semantic, comparative, and discourse-oriented analysis shows that measurement vocabulary may develop metaphorical, evaluative, and cultural meanings beyond direct quantification. The principal result is an authorial conceptual model: Objective Reality → Perceptual Perception → Cognitive Comparison → Categorization → Standardization → Conceptualization → Verbalization → Discursive Realization. The model explains the interaction of universal cognitive mechanisms with culture-specific standards and discourse practices.
Keywords
measurement units, cognitive categorization, conceptualization, verbalization, prototype theory, cognitive grammar, frame semantics, embodied cognition, standardization, discourse, English language, Uzbek language.How to Cite
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