A COMPARATIVE LINGUACULTURAL PERSPECTIVE ON THE CONCEPT OF “MORALITY” AS A CULTURAL CATEGORY IN ENGLISH AND UZBEK
Keywords:
linguacultural analysis, moral lexicon, cultural conceptualization, Uzbek and English semantics, cross-cultural pragmatics, ethical discourse in literature, comparative moral linguisticsAbstract
The lexemes “morality” in English and “axloq” in Uzbek both index normative behavior, but their semiotic load and discursive functions diverge sharply across cultures. In Anglophone contexts, “morality” is largely secularized, often entangled with Enlightenment rationalism, individual autonomy, and abstract universals. In contrast, the Uzbek term “axloq” remains embedded in traditional socioreligious structures, where Islam, family hierarchy, and collective honor (nomus) anchor its meaning. This paper explores how these linguistic forms instantiate culturally particular models of ethical subjectivity and social normativity.
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