SEMANTIC AND STRUCTURAL FEATURES OF MYTHOLOGICAL IDIOMS IN ENGLISH AND UZBEK LANGUAGES
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Mythological idioms constitute an essential group of phraseological units, which express cultural treasure, collective beliefs, and national worldview. The aim of the research is to analyze similarities and differences in the semantic motivation and structural patterns of myth-based idioms in the English and Uzbek languages. The study is based on a comparative and descriptive analysis of idioms gathered from phraseological dictionaries, folklore sources, and literary texts. Semantic analysis reveals that English mythological idioms are predominantly originated from Greco-Roman and Biblical mythology, while Uzbek idioms are originated in Turkic mythology, folklore, and Islamic traditions. Structurally, English idioms preserve proper names of mythological characters, while Uzbek idioms utilize descriptive and metaphorical constructions.
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