Abstract
This study parameterizes the mechanisms of verbalizing emotional states within the paremiological fund of structurally diverse languages, focusing on the somatic representation of affects mediated through peripheral concepts of the somatic code – "teeth" and "tongue" – as opposed to canonical centers of emotiology «heart», «soul». The methodological framework is based on the principles of the cognitive-discursive paradigm, linguocultural and conceptual analysis, integrated within a comparativecontrastive methodology. The central objective is to identify and systematize the parameters (cognitive, semantic, pragmatic, axiological) that constitute the specificity of emotional coding in the studied paremiological systems through these bodily markers. The research entails determining the following aspects: 1) The structuring of the semantic fields of the concepts "teeth" and "tongue" in their paremiological projection onto the emotional sphere, including the analysis of metaphorical and metonymic transfers, frame scenarios, and conceptual integrations. 2) Verification of the range of represented affects (anger, fear, pain, schadenfreude, loss of speech control, hypocrisy, etc.) explicated through these somatisms, establishing their culturally conditioned valence and intensity. 3) Contrastive analysis of the pragmatic functions of proverbs containing "teeth"/"tongue" components regarding the regulation of social behaviour, expression of invective pragmatics, warning, irony, or didactic intention. 4) Identification of linguocultural specificity in the axiological ranking and conceptualization of emotions mediated by these bodily loci, considering cultural dominants, ethnic stereotypes, and communicative imperatives of each analyzed culture (including the unique aspect of the Japanese «shame culture» and non-verbal communication). The outcome of the research is a multi-level parametric model demonstrating universal and idioethnic patterns in the somatic anchoring of emotional concepts via peripheral bodily referents in paremiological discourse. It is established that these concepts, despite their peripherality relative to core somatisms, perform a critically significant function in verbalizing complex, often socially tabooed or dysfunctional affects, and their configuration and pragmatic load serve as indicators of deep linguocultural codes and mental attitudes. The comparison reveals divergences in the axiology and ways of conceptualizing control/loss of control, aggression, fear, and communicative norms, relevant for intercultural communication and linguocultural hermeneutics.
Keywords
Paremiological code, somatic representation, peripheral concepts, somatisms, cognitive-discursive analysis, contrastive linguistics, metaphorical transfer, pragmatic function, linguocultural specificity, ethnic stereotype, idioethnic features, linguocultural code.