LINGUACULTURAL ANALYSIS OF XENOLOGICAL PHRASEOLOGICAL UNITS IN TURKISH AND UZBEK LANGUAGES

This thesis investigates the linguacultural parameters and cognitive-semantic structures of xenological phraseological units (idioms and fixed expressions denoting foreignness, alterity, and the image of the "Other") in the Turkish and Uzbek languages. Based on the theoretical foundations of modern linguaculturology and phraseological semantics, the study examines how both linguistic communities utilize figurative idioms to establish socio-psychological, ethnic, and spatial boundaries between the domestic worldview (in-group) and external cultural domains (out-group). The empirical analysis targets idioms featuring ethnonyms, xenological cultural markers, and historical categories of alterity. The comparative findings reveal that while both languages manifest a cognate Turkic baseline regarding communal boundaries, they exhibit substantial structural and semantic asymmetry driven by their distinct historical, geopolitical, and contact-linguistic evolutionary paths.