THE STRUCTURE OF PREDICATIVE CENTERS IN COMPLEX SENTENCES: A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF ENGLISH AND UZBEK

Abstract

This article presents a comparative linguistic analysis of the structure of predicative centers in complex sentences in English and Uzbek. The study examines the syntactic and semantic nature of the predicative center, its communicative function within complex sentence structures, and the grammatical means through which it is expressed in both languages. Due to the analytic nature of English, predicative centers are primarily expressed through functional conjunctions, whereas the agglutinative nature of Uzbek allows such centers to be marked by morphological suffixes. The research further explores the structure of predicative centers in coordinating and subordinating complex sentences, their mutual relationships, positional patterns, semantic connections, and cognitive-linguistic features. Comparative results reveal both shared tendencies and significant differences in the syntactic systems of the two languages, particularly in grammatical mechanisms and structural principles. The findings contribute to understanding the role of predicative centers in sentence structure and provide a theoretical basis for future studies in contrastive syntax.