COGNITIVE METAPHOR, CULTURAL CONCEPTUALIZATION, AND IDENTITY CONSTRUCTION IN THE POETIC DISCOURSE OF ALEKSANDR FAYNBERG

Abstract

The present study investigates the role of conceptual metaphor and cultural conceptualization in the construction of identity within poetic discourse. Drawing upon Cognitive Linguistics and Cultural Linguistics, the article examines the poetic language of Aleksandr Faynberg as a site of intercultural meaning-making. The research applies conceptual metaphor theory, discourse analysis, and semantic modeling to selected lyrical texts in order to identify dominant metaphorical schemas and their cognitive functions. The findings indicate that Faynberg’s poetic discourse encodes identity through embodied metaphor, conceptual blending, and culturally embedded semantic structures. The study contributes to contemporary discussions on metaphor as a cognitive mechanism and highlights the relevance of poetic discourse for linguistic research on identity and cultural memory.