SEMANTIC POLYSEMY IN DERIVATIONAL MORPHEMES: A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF ENGLISH AND UZBEK

Languages possess immense emotive and cognitive potential, and one of the most crucial tools enabling this expressiveness is polysemy — the capacity of a single word to carry multiple related meanings. This article explores the types of polysemy, the structural and functional properties of polysemous expressions in translation, and contrasts their usage and classification in English and Uzbek. Through a comparative linguistic analysis and close observation, the study uncovers key challenges and strategies for translating polysemous words and phrases. It also discusses how metaphor and metonymy contribute to the expansion of semantic fields in both languages.