INTERNATIONAL MULTIDISCIPLINARY JOURNAL FOR
RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT
SJIF 2019: 5.222 2020: 5.552 2021: 5.637 2022:5.479 2023:6.563 2024: 7,805
eISSN :2394-6334 https://www.ijmrd.in/index.php/imjrd Volume 12, issue 02 (2025)
237
THE CONCEPT OF HEART AND ITS DIMENSIONS
Davlatova Muhayyo Hasanovna
The head of English department, PhD
Bukhara state medical institute named after Abu Ali ibn Sina
davlatova.muhayyo@bsmi.uz
https://orcid.org/0009-0002-0618-7139
Shodiyev Ulugbek Salimovich
Master’s degree student of the Faculty of Foreign languages,
Asia International University
sodievulugbek643@gmail.com
Abstract:
This article explains the concept of heart and its dimensions.
The heart has been a
central symbol in English literature representing love, emotion, and the self. It has been used as a
metaphor in many works, including novels, poetry, and other types of writing.
The “heart” has
been a powerful symbol throughout history, appearing in various forms across different cultures,
religions, and artistic movements. Its use transcends biological function, representing love, faith,
spirituality, and sorrow
.
Key words:
Heart, concept, symbol, desire, feelings, organ, emotion, metaphor.
Introduction.
The heart is an iconic symbol in the medieval and early modern Asian and
European world. In addition to being a physical organ, it is a key conceptual device related to
emotions, cognition, the self and identity, and the div. The heart is read as a metaphor for human
desire and will, and situated in opposition to or alongside reason and the site of emotion and
emotional practices, informed a broad range of art, literature, music, medical texts and others.
This multidisciplinary collection brings together art historians, literary scholars, historians,
theologians and musicologists to highlight the range of meanings attached to the symbol of the
heart, the relationship between physical and metaphorical representations of the heart and the uses
of the heart in the production of identities and common motions are distinct feelings or qualities
of consciousness, such as joy or sadness, that reflect the personal significance of emotion-
arousing events. The major types of emotions include fear, sadness, anger, surprise, excitement,
guilt, shame, disgust, interest, and happiness.
Emotions are the most basic thing of the human being and, therefore, they constitute something
intrinsic to our lives. Above all, the heart stands out for being considered the place where they are
located. Therefore, we can establish the metaphor “The heart is a container of emotion”. Among
them, love is the outstanding one. Firstly, we should define what a metaphor is a word or phrase
for one thing that is used to refer to another thing in order to show or suggest that they are similar.
An object, activity, or idea that is used as a symbol of something else [8]. Metaphors are a form of
figurative language, which refers to words or expressions that mean something different from
their literal definition. In the case of metaphors, the literal interpretation would often be pretty
silly. For example, imagine what these metaphors would look like if you took them at face value:
for example: Love is a battlefield, Bob is a couch potato, Baby, you’re firework, I am titanium.
However, the fact that emotions are located in this div part does not constitute a universal, since
there are other languages and cultures in which they are metaphorically eradicated in other div
parts. Turkish, for example, locates them in the liver, that is why the expression “My liver, my
soul” may be striking to us. Another case is Nigerian English, language that considers the belly
the heat of emotions [1, 120] The cultural differences are due, most of the time, to the
INTERNATIONAL MULTIDISCIPLINARY JOURNAL FOR
RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT
SJIF 2019: 5.222 2020: 5.552 2021: 5.637 2022:5.479 2023:6.563 2024: 7,805
eISSN :2394-6334 https://www.ijmrd.in/index.php/imjrd Volume 12, issue 02 (2025)
238
metaphorical location of certain faculties or states (like the intellect or the emotion) in the div,
since some populations associate internal organs with specific faculties. Sometimes, different
cultures do not share those associations [3, 54], as we have just seen, and those differences are
reflected on the language in a later stage.
Cognitive linguistics is the study of the nature of a particular concept in the linguistic
representation of the world and its relationship to world realities. Concept is one of the main
categories of cognitive linguistics and is an element of communication between culture and man.
The term “concept” has been used in linguistics since the 1990s. The concept still does not have a
single general explanation or interpretation. Concepts are defined as abstract ideas. They are
understood to be the fundamental building blocks of the concept behind principles, thoughts and
beliefs. They play an important role in all aspects of cognition. As such, concepts are studied by
several disciplines, such as linguistics, psychology, and philosophy, and these disciplines are
interested in the logical and psychological structure of concepts, and how they are put together to
form thoughts and sentences. The study of concepts has served as an important flagship of an
emerging interdisciplinary approach called cognitive science.
The “key” concepts of any language include the concept of “heart”, symbolizing the center of
man, both biological and spiritual and psychological. The functioning of this concept in the
language picture world reflects the duality of human nature. It is the concept of “heart” expresses
the anthropocentrism of the language to the greatest extent. European Scholar Journal (ESJ)
National component specifics spiritual culture is not limited to those features that are due to the
linguistic way of expression. However, as a component of spiritual culture, language occupies a
special place in it, acting as a necessary a condition for the formation, development and
functioning of other components of culture. We are talking about the role of language in the
implementation of continuity in the development of spiritual culture. The mechanisms of
continuity can be explained by analyzing the picture of the world reflected in the language.
Conclusion.
The picture of the world is the original global image of the world that underlies the
human worldview, representing the essential properties of the world in the understanding of
which is the result of all the spiritual activity of man. Language, culture and ethnicity are
inextricably linked. At the present stage of linguistic research11 it has become obvious that the
study of only the formal structure of the language. its communicative function is limited by the
real place of language in the process of cultural creation. A different approach to the language,
necessary to clarify its essence, is to study the language not only as a means of communication,
but, above all, as an integral component of the culture of an ethnic group.
REFERENCES:
1.
Зибров Д.А. Концепт «сердце» в аспекте концептуальной систематики языка. Дисс...
канд филол. наук. – Иркутск, 2009. – 158 с.
2.
Мугу Р.Ю. Полисемантизм соматической лексики (на материале русского и немецкого
языков). Атреф. дисс... канд филол. наук. – Майкоп, 2003. – 23 с.
3.
Рахматуллаев Ш.У. Некоторые вопросы узбекской фразеологии. Атреф. дисс... док.
филол. наук. – Ташкент, 1966. – 193 c.
4.
Сапегина И.А. Концепт сердце как доминанта эмоциональной картины мира в русском
языке в зеркале китайского языка. Дисс... канд. филол. наук. – Москва, 2011. – 202 с.
5.
Тухтаева К.Д. Структурные и семантико-номинативные характеристики сложных слов,
входящих в состав фразеологизмов. Атреф. дисс... канд филол. наук. – Ташкент, 2006. – 18
с.
INTERNATIONAL MULTIDISCIPLINARY JOURNAL FOR
RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT
SJIF 2019: 5.222 2020: 5.552 2021: 5.637 2022:5.479 2023:6.563 2024: 7,805
eISSN :2394-6334 https://www.ijmrd.in/index.php/imjrd Volume 12, issue 02 (2025)
239
6.
Madaminova Iroda. THE CONCEPT OF HEART IN CONCEPTUAL LANGUAGE
SYSTEM European Scholar Journal (ESJ) Available Online at: https://www.scholarzest.com Vol.
3 No.2, February 2022 ISSN: 2660-5562 53|Page
7.
Madaminova Iroda. (2022). LINGUISTIC ANALYSIS OF THE CONCEPT “HEART”
Definitions of the concept “Heart” in metaphorical structures. Galaxy International
Interdisciplinary
Research
Journal,
10(5),
894–900.
Retrieved
from
https://giirj.com/index.php/giirj/article/view/3139
8.
Hasanovna, D. M. (2019). VARIABILITY OF ASPECTUAL MEANINGS IN
ENGLISH. European Journal of Research and Reflection in Educational Sciences Vol, 7(12).
9.
Davlatova, M. H. (2020). An Integrative history of Aspectual meanings. JournalNX, 6(04),
17-22.
10.
Davlatova, M. H. (2020). Aspectual variability of information culture in the history of the
English language. International Journal on Integrated Education, 3(3), 24-28.
11.
Davlatova, M. H. (2020). Lexico-semantic Structure and Its Analysis on the Example of
Verbs. JournalNX, 6(06), 189-192.
12.
Davlatova, M. H. (2021). Relation of lexical-semantic structure of verbs in the linguistic
essence. IEJRD-International Multidisciplinary Journal, 6(5).
13.
Hasanovna,
D.
M.
(2021).
Semantic
Implementation
of
resultutive
structures. JournalNX, 7(06), 291-294.
14.
Давлатова, М. Х. (2017). Этапы работы с видеотекстами на занятиях Английского
языка. Интернаука, (9-2), 16-19.
15.
Давлатова, М. Х. (2015). The role of songs in learning English. Молодой ученый, (10),
1145-1147.
16.
Hasanovna, D. M. (2021). Different aspects of resultative structures according to their
linguistic essence. Academicia Globe, 2(05), 475-479.
17.
Hasanovna, D. M. (2021). Linguistic and cognitive features of performing effective
actions. World Bulletin of Social Sciences, 3(10), 41-44.
18.
Давлатова, М. (2020). Aspectual and lexico-semantic classification of verbs. Сўз санъати
халқаро журнали, 1, 2020.
19.
Давлатова, М. Х. (2018). Работа над видеотекстом на занятиях английского
языка. Теория и практика современной науки, (4), 242-246.
20.
Hasanovna, D. M. (2022). On the interrelationship of resultive and causative
meanings. World Bulletin of Public Health, 9, 212-215.
21.
Hasanovna, D. M. (2022). Resultative and causative meanings in English and Uzbek
languages. TA'LIM VA RIVOJLANISH TAHLILI ONLAYN ILMIY JURNALI, 297-302.
22.
Hasanovna, D. M. (2022). Aspectual and lexical-semantic classification of verbs. Open
Access Repository, 8(2), 116-121.
23.
Hasanovna, M. D. (2022). Typology of expressive emotional and linguistic
features. International journal of literature and languages, 2(11), 65-69.
24.
Hasanovna, D. M. (2021). Different aspects of resultative structures according to their
linguistic essence. Academicia Globe: Inderscience Research, 2 (05), 475–479. VOLUME03
ISSUE06 PAGES, 39, 47.
25.
Davlatova, M. K. (2021). The process of transformation of philosophy understanding as
factor of information culture of the period of the English renaissance (XVI c.). Oriental
renaissance: Innovative, educational, natural and social sciences, 1(5), 949-957.
INTERNATIONAL MULTIDISCIPLINARY JOURNAL FOR
RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT
SJIF 2019: 5.222 2020: 5.552 2021: 5.637 2022:5.479 2023:6.563 2024: 7,805
eISSN :2394-6334 https://www.ijmrd.in/index.php/imjrd Volume 12, issue 02 (2025)
240
26.
Davlatova, M. X. (2018). The easy way of learning English with the help of songs. Теория и
практика современной науки, (4 (34)), 578-581.
27.
Давлатова, М. Х. (2021). The Expression of resultative and depictive constructions in
english and uzbek languages. МЕЖДУНАРОДНЫЙ ЖУРНАЛ ИСКУССТВО СЛОВА, 4(5).
28.
Shadmanov, K. B., Davlatova, M. H., Ostonova, S. N., & Radjabova, A. T. (2020).
ENGLISH RENAISSANCE: TRANSFORMATION OF 61 PHILOSOPHY UNDERSTANDING
AS A FACTOR OF INFORMATION CULTURE DEVELOPMENT OF THE EPOCH. Cross-
Cultural Studies: Education and Science, 5(1), 61-67.
29.
Muhayyo, D. (2017). THE ROTOR CONSTRUCTION OF COTTON RAW IN
APPEARING VERTICAL BOUNDARY. Интернаука, (9-2), 76-78.
30.
Давлатова, М. (2020). FE'LLARNING ASPEKTIK VA LEKSIK-SEMANTIK
TASNIFI. МЕЖДУНАРОДНЫЙ ЖУРНАЛ ИСКУССТВО СЛОВА, 3(1).
