THE DISCURSIVE-SEMANTIC AND LINGUO-CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS OF THE CONCEPT OF "FAMILY" IN ENGLISH AND UZBEK

This article provides a comparative analysis of the sociocultural content of the concept ‘oila/family’ in English and Uzbek. The study is conducted on the basis of lexical, phraseological and proverbs-related units, as well as materials from the discourse level. This article sheds light on the linguistic essence of the concept of ‘family’ and its national-cultural characteristics, and identifies the commonalities and differences in the conceptual perception of family relationships in the languages under comparison. The research findings indicate that in both linguocultures the family is regarded as an important social value, but they confirm that its expression in linguistic units differs from a collective to an individualistic perspective.