Gulnara Baigobylova

Senior Instructor

Kyrgyz-Turkish “Manas” University

720038, 56 Chyngyz Aitmatov Ave., Bishkek, Kyrgyz Republic

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2204-1914

Cultural conceptualisations of emotion: Heart metaphors in Kyrgyz and English

27.06.2026

Nazgul Dzharkinbaeva*, Anarkan Bekturova, Gulnara Baigobylova, Cholpon Naimanova, Gulnura Dzhumalieva

ndzharkinbaeva@bhu.kg

  • Keywords heart-related verbal metaphors; cognitive linguistics; cross-linguistic comparison; somatic metaphor; conceptual metaphor theory; nomadic worldview
  • DOI https://doi.org/10.35254/ss/2.2026.08