LINGUOCULTURAL FEATURES OF PROVERBS IN ENGLISH AND UZBEK: A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS

This article examines the linguocultural features of English and Uzbek proverbs from a comparative perspective. Proverbs are treated not only as fixed linguistic units but also as compact representations of collective experience, cultural values, social norms, and traditional worldviews. The study compares selected English and Uzbek proverbs related to family, work, time, knowledge, hospitality, friendship, caution, and social behavior. Particular attention is paid to semantic equivalence, imagery, culturally specific lexical items, and differences between complete, partial, and functional correspondences. The analysis shows that the two languages frequently express similar universal values through different cultural images. Uzbek proverbs often foreground community, kinship, hospitality, neighborhood relations, and traditional everyday experience, whereas English proverbs frequently employ concise pragmatic formulations and images rooted in their own historical environment. At the same time, both traditions highly value diligence, wisdom, moderation, loyalty, and foresight. The findings demonstrate that comparative proverb analysis is useful for linguocultural studies, translation, and intercultural communication.