Structural and Semantic Features of Abbreviations in the English and Uzbek Languages
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.51773/sssh.v4i2.1026Keywords:
abbreviation, acronym, initialism, lexicalization, semantics, structural typology, English language, Uzbek languageAbstract
This article presents a comparative analysis of the structural and semantic features of abbreviations in English and Uzbek. The major structural subtypes in English — acronyms, initialisms, clippings, and blends — are examined in detail. The specific characteristics of the Uzbek abbreviation system are analyzed, including the influence of agglutinative morphology and Soviet-era borrowings from Russian. The article also investigates the semantic development of abbreviations, processes of lexicalization, and pragmatic features in both languages.
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