LINGUISTIC FOUNDATIONS OF CREATING HUMOROUS SITUATIONS IN UZBEK AND ENGLISH
Keywords:
humor, humorous situation, linguistics, pragmatics, stylistics, phraseology, comparative linguistics, discourse, communication.Abstract
This article examines the linguistic foundations of creating humorous situations in Uzbek and English from a comparative perspective. The study analyzes the phonetic, lexical, phraseological, grammatical, and pragmatic means that contribute to the formation of humorous effects in both languages. Particular attention is paid to the influence of national culture, mentality, and communicative context on the creation and interpretation of humor. The research demonstrates that although Uzbek and English employ similar linguistic mechanisms such as irony, ambiguity, exaggeration, and semantic incongruity, their realization differs due to cultural traditions, linguistic structures, and pragmatic conventions. The findings contribute to the fields of comparative linguistics, pragmatics, discourse analysis, and translation studies by identifying both universal and language-specific features of humorous discourse.
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