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Vol. 13 No. 5 (2026)
International Multidisciplinary Journal for Research & Development

Articles

DERIVATIONAL FEATURES OF SPORTS TERMS AND LEXEMES IN ENGLISH AND UZBEK: A CONTRASTIVE MORPHO-SEMANTIC ANALYSIS

Published 2026-05-30

  • Otaboyev Akhmadillo

Otaboyev Akhmadillo
Teacher, Andijan State Institute of Foreign Languages

Abstract

 This article provides a comprehensive contrastive-typological investigation into the derivational features governing sports terminology and lexemes in English and the Uzbek language. Positioned at the intersection of morphosyntax, cognitive linguistics, and terminological studies, the paper examines how the underlying typological architectures of an analytical Germanic language (English) and an agglutinative Turkic language (Uzbek) influence the generation, adaptation, and semantic evolution of sports nomenclature. Through structural-morphemic dissection and semantic mapping, the study illuminates the high productivity of conversion and compounding in English, contrasting it with the systematic, suffix-driven morphological expansion and recent compounding dynamics characteristic of modern Uzbek. Special attention is dedicated to the integration patterns of international Anglicisms within the Uzbek lexical matrix, exploring how structural borrowability alters native morphological constraints and creates broad polysemantic shifts. The findings uncover critical insights into the cultural, historical, and cognitive mechanisms that drive the lexical systems of both languages to expand under the pressure of globalized sports discourse.

Keywords

Sports Terminology, Derivational Morphology, Contrastive Linguistics, Agglutination, Conversion, Affixation, Anglicisms, Lexical Semantics.

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