LINGUISTIC ANALYSIS OF SYNONYMIC SERIES, ANTONYMIC OPPOSITIONS, GRADATIONAL SCALING, AND EVALUATIVE OPPOSITIONS OF EMOTIONAL-EVALUATIVE ADJECTIVES IN ENGLISH AND UZBEK

This article examines the paradigmatic properties of emotional-evaluative adjectives in English and Uzbek from a comparative perspective. The analysis focuses on synonymic series, antonymic oppositions, gradational scaling, and evaluative oppositions. The theoretical framework combines appraisal theory, paradigmatic semantics, and contemporary approaches to antonymy. The empirical basis includes O‘zbek tilining izohli lug‘ati, Izoh.uz, Sinonim.uz, and Antonim.uz for Uzbek, and Cambridge English Thesaurus, Cambridge Dictionary Grammar, and Merriam-Webster Thesaurus for English. The findings show that emotional-evaluative adjectives in both languages share a common axiological core, yet differ in semantic differentiation, expressive force, and pragmatic range. English tends toward stronger lexical differentiation, whereas Uzbek more frequently exhibits contextual expansion and expressive loading.