LEXICAL COMPOSITION OF THE MODERN UZBEKISTAN LANGUAGE: FUNCTIONAL RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE OWN LAYER AND THE ASSIMILATED LAYER

The current problem of the study is to clearly distinguish the functional distribution of native and borrowed units in written texts of 2015–2024, since in existing descriptions their boundaries often remain at the level of general annotation. The goal is to show on the basis of the corpus how these two layers form a functional relationship in the lexical structure of the modern Uzbek language. Corpus research, concordance analysis, collocational observation and comparative-stylistic interpretation were used as methods; written samples from various genres were used as material. The analysis showed that native units serve as a stable support in the neutral informational part of the text, while borrowed units enhance terminological clarity, formality and stylistic density. In the lines of concordance, softening, specialization and the addition of an evaluative tone were observed around some borrowed units; this indicates that they are not only a naming, but also a pragmatic management tool. As a result of comparative stratification, it was found that the functional interchange of the two layers within the texts prevails, rather than the absolute opposition. As a scientific contribution, a descriptive model is proposed for the lexicographical determination of the relationship between layers; it allows combining text analysis, explanatory dictionary construction, and methodological description.