SOCIOLINGUISTIC MARKING OF DIALECTAL WORDS IN ENGLISH AND UZBEK
Keywords:
dialect, dialectal word, sociolinguistics, sociolinguistic marker, regional variety, social dialect, lexical-semantic model, speech situation, communicative adaptation, linguoculture.Abstract
This thesis analyzes the sociolinguistic functions of dialectal words in English and Uzbek. Dialectal words are interpreted not only as lexical units belonging to a particular region, but also as important linguistic markers that reveal the speaker’s regional identity, social status, age, profession, cultural background, and communicative intention in a specific speech situation. The English dialectal units wee, bairn, lass, lad, nowt, owt, aye, bonny, canny, geet, pet, ain’t and the Uzbek dialectal units jo‘q, jo‘l, jigit, jigirma, shoy, osh, qo‘ra, qirqim, bo‘g‘oz, yantoq, ena, momo, bachcha, opoqi, boruvdim, keluvdim are analyzed as examples of identification, expressive-emotional, linguocultural, communicative and stylistic functions. The theoretical views of J. Fishman, W. Labov, R. Hudson, P. Trudgill, J. Chambers, E. Polivanov, V. Reshetov, N. Baskakov, S. Ashirboyev, T. Enazarov, N. Mahmudov and M. Daniyeva are also compared within the framework of this topic.
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