LINGUOCULTURAL AND PRAGMATIC ESSENCE OF HUMOR IN ANTHROPOCENTRISM

Abstract

We explore this very “human” trait of humour within the anthropocentrism framework in the current experiment, treating it as representative behaviour for human-oriented language and cognition. Cognitive and cultural linguistics approach humour as part of the human beings' efforts to conceptualize their world, foregrounding mood immediately rewarding function or systematic interpretation of a text, which expresses an emotional attitude that correlates fundamentally with life relations. The study was conducted on English and Uzbek phraseological sets and idioms with the aim to investigate their linguo-cognitive, socio-pragmatic, and linguo-cultural aspects. It also illustrates how humour is not merely an effective tool or aesthetic quality, but also a mechanism of cultural self-consciousness and social control that has allowed people in all times to comment upon conduct, preserve decorum, and communicate shared values through expression. Based on the theoretical models by G. Lakoff, M. Johnson, G. Leech, and F. Sharifian, the paper argues that humour reflects human-based cognitive operations - metaphorization, irony, and evaluative perception - that signal the nonlinear interdependence of language, culture, and the human mind.