CULTURAL AND CONTEXTUAL DIFFERENCES IN EXPRESSING EMOTIONAL STATES IN UZBEK AND ENGLISH.

Abstract

This article presents a comparative analysis of the grammatical and linguocultural features of expressing emotions in Uzbek and English. The study examines the grammatical means of expressing positive and negative emotions, their lexical-semantic characteristics, and cultural contexts. In Uzbek, emotions are mainly conveyed through possessive suffixes, descriptive and poetic expressions, allowing emotional experiences to be expressed directly and figuratively. In English, however, emotions are often expressed cautiously and indirectly through modal verbs, passive constructions, and specific syntactic structures. The findings highlight the importance of correctly understanding the grammatical and cultural aspects of emotional expression in intercultural communication and translation. The article provides theoretical and practical conclusions applicable to the fields of linguistics, linguoculturology, and translation studies.