METAPHOR IN TEXTS OF FICTION BY HABIB ALIYEV

Abstract

The article analyzes metaphors in literary works of Dargin writer Habib Aliyev. It is noted that a metaphor plays a significant role in enriching the vocabulary and figurative means of the Dargin language. Semantic and stylistic properties of metaphors can be detected by their functioning in various styles. The study of metaphor as a stylistic category of artistic speech is key in the study of figurative-linguistic means. Works of Habib Aliyev have high imagery, the main source of individual metaphors. They reflect the details of life, are carriers of aesthetic significance. Almost all semantic and stylistic properties of metaphors, as well as their categories, are found in the writer’s literary texts. His works abound in the high frequency of the use of metaphors. The analysis of peculiarities of functioning of metaphors in the writer’s artistic style allows to discover some more of their stylistic properties. In the language of his artistic works, so-called material metaphors are also used. The nature of the writer’s use of metaphors depends on which method he chose for certain events. For the evaluation characteristics of the object of the image, the living description, the metaphor is used as the main figurative and pictorial means.