SOCIOLINGUISTIC FEATURES OF PHRASEOLOGICAL COMBINATIONS IN ENGLISH AND UZBEK COMPOUND NOUNS

Phraseological combinations and compound nouns represent important components of linguistic and sociocultural communication in both English and Uzbek languages. These lexical structures reflect national identity, historical development, social relations, and cultural values embedded in language systems. The present article investigates the sociolinguistic features of phraseological combinations in English and Uzbek compound nouns through comparative linguistic analysis. The study focuses on semantic stability, structural formation, cultural symbolism, and social functions of phraseological units. The research employs comparative, descriptive, and contextual methods to examine similarities and differences between the two languages. The findings demonstrate that English compound nouns frequently reflect analytical word-formation tendencies, while Uzbek compound nouns are strongly influenced by agglutinative morphological patterns. In both languages, phraseological combinations function as carriers of collective cultural experience and social attitudes. The article also examines sociolinguistic factors such as gender representation, professional identity, regional variation, and intercultural communication reflected in phraseological compounds. The study contributes to modern comparative linguistics, sociolinguistics, lexicography, and translation studies by clarifying the interaction between language structure and social meaning in English and Uzbek phraseological systems.