TYPOLOGICAL CONTRAST OF PHONETIC LEVEL UNITS IN ENGLISH AND UZBEK: A THEORETICAL APPROACH

This article provides a contrastive and typological analysis of phonetic level units in the English and Uzbek languages. The study is based on phoneme theory, vowel and consonant systems, phonotactic patterns, and suprasegmental features. In English, vowel oppositions are numerous, diphthongs are present, vowel length has phonological significance, and a free stress system plays an important role in distinguishing meaning at both word and sentence levels. In contrast, the Uzbek language demonstrates phonotactic regularity, agglutinative morphology, and a relatively stable stress pattern, while pronunciation is generally more systematic and simplified.本文对英语与乌兹别克语的语音层级单位开展对比类型学分析。本研究以音位理论、元音与辅音系统、音位配列模式以及超音段特征为研究基础。英语中元音对立数量丰富，存在双元音，元音长度具备音系学意义，且自由重音系统在单词与语句层面均发挥着重要的辨义作用。与之相对，乌兹别克语具备音位配列规整性、黏着形态特征，且重音模式相对稳定，整体发音体系更为系统简洁。