THE USE OF GEOGRAPHIC TERMS IN THE NOMINATIVE FIELD IN ENGLISH AND UZBEK

Karimov Rustambek Kozimjon ugli

Authors

Karimov Rustambek Kozimjon ugli PhD student, Andijan State Institute of Foreign Languages

Keywords:

linguistic field; nominative field; toponymy; phonological stratum; morphological stratum; lexicosemantic stratum; center–periphery; paradigmatic–syntagmatic; affixation; color semantics; number semantics; cognitive linguistics; typology; Uzbek; English

Abstract

This article presents a concise, systematic IMRaD-format analysis of the use of geographic (toponymic) terms within the nominative field in English and Uzbek. The field concept in linguistics is traced from Saussure through European and Russian structuralism to functional and cognitive orientations. Comparative analysis addresses phonological, morphological, and lexicosemantic strata in the formation of toponyms, center–periphery relations, paradigmatic and syntagmatic connections, and nominative strategies in both languages. Principal findings show the prominence of suffix/prefix models (Uzbek agglutinative affixation; English historical Germanic suffixes and directional prefixes), color/number/relief semantics, animate–inanimate noun oppositions, and multinuclear structures as determinants of field organization. Practical recommendations are provided for corpusbased clustering, distributional and componential analyses.