REFLECTIONS ON THE STUDY OF CHILDREN’S FOLKLORE TEXTS

Abstract

This article provides a comprehensive analysis of the study of children’s folklore texts in Uzbek linguistics, including their historical development, genre classification, linguopoetic features, phonetic-rhythmic structure, and lexical-semantic characteristics, as well as pragmatic and discursive approaches. The role of children’s folklore texts in language acquisition, speech development, transmission of cultural codes, and formation of social experience is scientifically substantiated. The prospects for further research are outlined using modern linguistic methodologies such as cognitive linguistics, psycholinguistics, cultural linguistics, discourse analysis, and linguistic poetics.