THE CULTURAL CODE OF RIDDLES: LINGUO-COGNITIVE AND ETHNOGRAPHIC PERSPECTIVES
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Riddles are among the most ancient and universal forms of verbal folklore, functioning not only as entertainment but also as tools for cognitive, linguistic, and cultural expression. The research aims to reveal the relationship between language, cognition, and culture in riddle-making and interpretation.
Through comparative linguistic analysis, it becomes evident that riddles share a common cognitive foundation—metaphorization, analogy, and associative thinking—while differing in their ethnographic content and cultural symbolism. English riddles often display logical and pragmatic thinking patterns, focusing on time, technology, and human behavior, whereas Uzbek riddles tend to express agrarian, familial, and nature-oriented imagery rooted in communal life and traditional values. The findings highlight that riddles serve as cultural miniatures, encapsulating a people’s mentality, moral code, and worldview in concise linguistic form. Thus, the linguo-cognitive and ethnographic study of riddles offers insight into how language functions as a living repository of cultural experience and collective intelligence.
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