LEXICAL-SEMANTICAL AND MENTAL FEATURES OF ENGLISH AND UZBEK PROVERBS WITH THE COMPONENTS "ZOONYMS"

This article investigates the lexical-semantic and mental (cognitive-cultural) features of English and Uzbek proverbs containing zoonymic components. Zoonyms—lexical units denoting animals—play a significant role in paremiology by reflecting collective experience, national mentality, ethical values, and worldview. The study is based on comparative analysis of well-documented English and Uzbek proverbs selected from authoritative paremiological dictionaries and linguistic studies. The research identifies semantic fields, metaphorical models, and culturally marked cognitive associations embedded in animal imagery. The findings demonstrate that while many zoonyms express universal human qualities such as wisdom, cunning, laziness, and bravery, their evaluative meanings differ according to cultural and mental frameworks of English and Uzbek societies.本文针对包含动物名称词（zoonym）成分的英语与乌兹别克语谚语，展开词汇语义及心智（认知文化）维度的特征研究。动物名称词即指代动物的词汇单位，其在谚语学（paremiology）中占据重要地位，可反映群体经验、民族心智、伦理价值观与世界观。本研究以从权威谚语学词典及语言学研究文献中遴选的、记载详实的英语与乌兹别克语谚语为对象开展对比分析，识别出蕴含于动物意象中的语义场、隐喻模型及带有文化印记的认知关联。研究结果表明，尽管诸多动物名称词可承载智慧、狡黠、懒惰、勇敢等共通的人类特质，但其评价内涵会因英语社会与乌兹别克语社会的文化及心智框架而存在差异。