A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF PAREMIOLOGICAL UNITS IN UZBEK AND ENGLISH
Abstract
This article presents a comparative linguistic analysis of paremiological units in Uzbek and English. Paremiological units, primarily proverbs and sayings, reflect the cultural, historical, and cognitive experience of a speech community. The study examines structural, semantic, and functional similarities and differences between Uzbek and English proverbs based on established linguistic theories and empirical data from authoritative paremiological sources. Special attention is given to equivalence, cultural specificity, metaphorical patterns, and pragmatic functions of proverbs in both languages. The research contributes to contrastive linguistics, translation studies, and intercultural communication by systematizing factual observations from existing academic literature.