A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF NOUN FORMATION METHODS IN UZBEK AND RUSSIAN
Keywords:
Noun, word formation, Uzbek language, Russian language, suffixation, affixation, languages of different systems, comparative analysis, derivative word, word-formation model.Abstract
This article examines the primary methods of noun formation in the Uzbek and Russian languages. Particular attention is devoted to a comparative analysis of word-formation models, given that Uzbek and Russian belong to distinct linguistic systems: Uzbek is an agglutinative language, while Russian is an inflectional one. The study analyzes suffixation, prefixation, combined prefixation-suffixation, compounding, and zero derivation as methods of noun formation. Based on specific examples, the commonalities and distinctive features of word formation in the two languages are identified. The research results indicate that in Uzbek, affixation—specifically suffixation—plays a leading role; conversely, in Russian, prefixation, combined prefixation-suffixation, and zero derivation function actively alongside suffixation. A comparative study of these languages holds significant importance for linguistics, translation studies, and the methodology of teaching Russian and Uzbek.
