MODELS OF CONCEPTUALIZATION IN RUSSIAN AND UZBEK PHRASEOLOGY: A COGNITIVE-PRAGMATIC PERSPECTIVE

Abstract

The article explores models of conceptualization in Russian and Uzbek languages from a cognitive-pragmatic perspective based on phraseological units. Phraseology is treated as a key linguistic domain that accumulates collective knowledge, cultural memory, and value-based interpretations of experience. The study applies a comparative cognitive approach and demonstrates that universal cognitive mechanisms such as metaphor, metonymy, and embodiment function in both languages; however, their pragmatic realization is determined by culture-specific norms and communicative orientations. Russian phraseology tends toward expressive and evaluative conceptualization, while Uzbek phraseology is more strongly oriented toward ethical regulation, social harmony, and communicative restraint. The findings confirm that phraseological units function as stable cognitive models reflecting culturally conditioned patterns of conceptualization.

Keywords

conceptualization, cognitive linguistics, phraseology, conceptual metaphor, construal, linguistic culture, Russian language, Uzbek language