METAPHORIZATION OF THE CONCEPT OF PAIN IN THE ENGLISH DISCOURSE OF MEDICINE

Abstract

The paper examines metaphorical models of the concept of PAIN in the English discourse of medicine. In the framework of analyzed material, structural (PAIN IS QUANTITY; PAIN IS MOTION; PAIN IS FIRE; PAIN IS A SOUND; PAIN IS A PHYSICAL FORCE); spatial (MORE PAIN IS UP; LESS PAIN IS DOWN) and ontological (PAIN IS AN ENEMY; PAIN IS A WEAPON; PAIN IS AN OBSTINATE PERSON; PAIN IS A BURDEN) conceptual metaphors were distinguished. The ways of their verbal implementation were considered.