Central Asian Journal of Literature, Philosophy and Culture

This study examines the semantic and lexicographic properties of meronymic units related to household appliances in Uzbek and English. The study examines how household appliance terms are named in the two languages, their division into different parts, how meronyms are reflected in dictionaries, ...

Charles Dickens’ Hard Times resonates not merely through its overt critique of industrial society, but through its profound silences – the conceptual and narrative gaps where human complexity fractures under Utilitarian ideology. This analysis employs Marxist, Feminist, and Foucauldian frameworks...

Comparative-typological linguistics offers a valuable framework for analyzing how different languages encode universal grammatical concepts. This approach is especially insightful when comparing typologically distant languages such as English and Uzbek. Verbs serve as a central component of gramm...

The large Musayyib project is one of the important irrigation projects in the province of Babylon and is located 65 km south of the city of Baghdad, and is considered the main water source in the district of Kothi, which penetrates most of the territory of the district and its branches to irrigat...

Literary fiction serves as a medium for expressing the inner and outer worlds of individuals through artistic images that reflect an author’s aesthetic worldview and philosophical meditations. In prose, the image functions not only as a depiction of reality but also as an ideologically and aesthe...

Affirmation and negation are fundamental linguistic categories that reflect essential features of reality, serving as core concepts in philosophy, logic, and linguistics. Their accurate identification and application play a crucial role in communication, shaping meaning at both theoretical and ap...

Postmodernism in literature challenges traditional notions of meaning, narrative coherence, and authorial authority, finding fertile ground in poetry for its embrace of ambiguity and fragmentation. John Ashbery’s “My philosophy of life” encapsulates these postmodernist traits, blending high cultu...

One such study explored Edgar Allen Poe’s this same explain soul through eyepiece after all Freud’s concept of both the inexplicable. This study evaluates what inhibition, fixation, and the back of both the restrained emerge through symbols such as with the "vulture eye" but instead psychotic sym...

This study offers a comparative analysis of how metaphor is deployed by leading linguists and explores the metadiscoursal functions of metaphor in linguistic discourse, focusing particularly on its use as a multifunctional and implicit metadiscoursal category.  It compares the functions of t...

The evolving representation of women in modern Indian literature reflects the socio-cultural transitions that have shaped contemporary Indian society. This paper explores how female characters have moved beyond the traditional archetypes of submissive wives, ideal mothers, or romantic heroines to...

The research deals with the efforts of Egypt in the development of the Arab Organization for Education, Culture and Science (ALESCO) United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization for the period 1970 until the end of the role of Egypt in the League of Arab States 1978 when the h...

As language and culture are closely intertwined and both affect our identities, morals, and perspectives, it may be difficult to communicate efficiently across linguistic borders on the global stage where over thousands of languages are spoken. In these situations, the art of translation becomes ...

This research presents an in-depth study of the Kudurru stones, highlighting their significant role in the economic and religious aspects of Mesopotamia. These stones contained important information regarding the prevailing political and geographical situations. The study traced the symbols and m...

Entrepreneurship plays a central role in the economic development of nations, shaping human capital, creating employment, and driving socio-economic transformation. In Uzbekistan, ongoing liberal-democratic reforms and the strengthening of constitutional guarantees have created a new environment ...

Military discourse represents a highly specialized form of institutional communication where clarity, precision, and authority are vital for operational effectiveness. Official documents such as field manuals and statutes, including the U.S. Army Field Manual FM 3-21.8 and Uzbek military regulati...

The increasing complexity of global environmental challenges has highlighted the urgent need for comprehensive socio-ecological protection systems, especially in countries facing acute resource constraints and environmental vulnerabilities. Uzbekistan, with its arid climate, dependence on transbo...

Ecological globalization is increasing the interconnectedness of environmental problems, resource management, technological and economic processes around the world. This process has led to the global discussion of environmental threats and sustainable development issues, forgetting about national...

Contextual understanding is an ability which is quintessential for any form of effective human-computer interaction. Unfortunately, most virtual assistants lack the pragmatic competence necessary to understand the context of any conversation. The current study will, therefore, examine how integra...

Because of the major employee's absence, the agency for administrative posts is actually a temporary arrangement that forces the administration to assign whatever it thinks is suitable for a given amount of time. By doing this, the agent uses the principal's authority to guarantee the public serv...

The competition between China and Europe for access to African energy resources has significant implications for global energy security and geopolitical dynamics. This rivalry not only affects bilateral relations but also shapes the strategic landscape in Africa, where nations are increasingly fi...

Evidentiality, the grammatical expression of information sources, has long been studied as a distinct category but increasingly is seen as deeply interconnected with clausal grammatical categories such as tense, aspect, mood, and modality. In Uzbek, evidentiality is primarily marked by particles ...

The growth of the Internet and social media in the 21st century has created a new communicative space where oral and written forms converge, profoundly influencing linguistic practices worldwide. In the Uzbek linguistic context, this transformation has introduced challenges such as abbreviations,...

This search title the issue of electronic Arbitration in e-commerce contracts, as one of the most prominent contemporary legal and technical challenges brought about by the digital revolution and the rapid expansion of commercial activities online. The study aims to clarify the concept of electro...

Cultural codes embedded in literature reflect the social, historical, and religious realities of their time, serving as symbolic markers that enrich meaning and provide insight into collective consciousness. Charles Dickens, particularly in his novel Hard Times, masterfully integrates cultural co...

The below study was carried out to determine the role of authentic video materials on developing the speaking skill of undergraduate Iraqi EFL learners. To achieve this goal, the sample of this study were 50 EFL Iraqi learners (from a population of 136) at the third grade at the math department a...

Manuscript studies play a crucial role in preserving and reconstructing the textual heritage of classical literature, ensuring that works are transmitted with fidelity to their original form. Alisher Navoi’s Mahbub ul-Qulub, written in 1500, is among his most widely copied works, yet earlier edit...

The Pillowman (2003) by McDonagh is a dark comedy that resonates with contemporary canons where narrative is enfolded by trauma and narrative is enfolded by violence. This article reads the text through a psychoanalytic angle by arguing that trauma of childhood and hidden and repressed desire hau...

This paper presents the argument that trauma has a significant impact on the formation of a new resilient identity that relies on survival and success. The paper is divided into two sections. The first section includes the introduction that discusses the relation between trauma and identity in th...

This paper explores the cognitive linguistic dimensions of hydronyms, focusing on English and Uzbek place names related to water bodies. Drawing upon a corpus-based methodology, the study analyzes semantic patterns, conceptual metaphors, and cultural models embedded in river, lake, and stream nam...

This research paper critically examines the under-explored dimension of sound and noise within George Orwell’s Animal Farm, arguing that the manipulation of the acoustic landscape constitutes a primary mechanism for establishing and maintaining totalitarian power. Moving beyond traditional analys...

This article delves into the challenges of translating phraseological units in literary works, using the English translation of Dunyoning ishlari by O'tkir Hoshimov as a case study. The study highlights the importance of accurately translating idiomatic expressions and proverbs, which often carry...

This article explores the sociopragmatic analysis of social roles and speech acts in the short stories of Abdulla Qahhor and O. Henry, focusing on their representation of social contexts, power dynamics, and human relationships. By examining Qahhor’s “Anor” and “The Patient” alongside O. Henry’s ...

The problem of style in literary discourse remains one of the central issues in modern stylistics. Theoretical perspectives developed by scholars such as V.V. Vinogradov and C. Bally emphasize that style is not only a linguistic phenomenon but also a functional and aesthetic category. In the cont...

The study explores the theoretical and methodological foundations of teaching morphonology in general secondary education. Morphonology, as an interdisciplinary field between phonology and morphology, plays a crucial role in understanding the internal structure of words and their transformations ...

This article examines the poetic features of Muhammad Ali’s epic poems (dostons), with particular attention to their lyrical-epic nature and their place in the development of twentieth-century Uzbek literature. The study situates Muhammad Ali’s works, such as Mashrab and Gumbazdagi nur, within th...

The Kokand Khanate holds an important place in the cultural and political history of Central Asia, with its events documented through both prose and poetic forms that reflect the intellectual and artistic spirit of the period. Among the surviving sources, the manuscript Shahnomayi Andalib is part...

The study of onomatopoeic and mimetic words in the Korean language has attracted growing attention in recent years, as these lexical units not only enrich the expressive potential of speech but also reflect unique cultural and linguistic features of Korean society. This article focuses on the sem...

Dyslexia is a complex language-based learning disorder that primarily affects reading but also has serious implications for spelling, writing, and comprehension. In higher education contexts, particularly where English is taught as a foreign language, the condition poses double challenges: studen...

The current study aims to identify "the effect of the question grid strategy on achievement and lateral thinking among fifth-grade science students in mathematics." To achieve the research objective, the researcher put forward the following two null hypotheses: 1- At the 0.05 significance level, ...

This article examines the linguopragmatic role of anthroponyms in advertising, focusing on how personal names influence consumer emotions, trust, and national identity. While previous studies have explored language use in advertising, there is a knowledge gap regarding the specific impact of anth...

Hagiographic works, originating from religious traditions, play a significant role in shaping societal values. These works depict the lives of saints, prophets, and religious figures, often blending theological, cultural, and historical narratives. This article focuses on the development of hagio...

In recent years, a number of studies have been focused on the phraseological units carrying cultural information. Yet, there is no researches on exploration of phraseological units including the names of minerals – stone-metal nominations- in their composition comparing two languages: English and...

Literary memoirs play an important role in preserving cultural memory, blending historical testimony with artistic expression, and reflecting the intellectual and moral values of a given period. In Uzbek literature, the memoirs and essays of Nasir Fozilov occupy a special place for their ability ...

This article delves into the role of folk theater in the works of Hamza Hakimzoda Niyoziy, an influential figure in Uzbek literature who integrated the traditions of folk theater into his dramatic works. Hamza's engagement with oral folk art and folk songs deeply influenced his dramaturgy, partic...

Hempel’s Dilemma posits that the thesis of physicalism is either false or empty. This presents a significant challenge to the definition of physicalism, which asserts that everything is ultimately physical in nature. Originally articulated by Carl Gustav Hempel, the dilemma critiques how physical...

This article explores the essence of the concept of artistic conflict and its connection to the plot. The function of conflict in fiction is analyzed. The manifestations of types of artistic conflict in the short story genre are explained with examples. The classifications of Uzbek, English, and ...

Abdulla Qodiriy’s O‘tkan Kunlar (Bygone Days), the first Uzbek novel, stands as a milestone in modern Uzbek prose, depicting the social, moral, and psychological struggles of the early 20th century. The novel explores complex interpersonal relations, social values, and individual moral dilemmas. ...

Proverbs are a fundamental part of oral folk tradition, encapsulating the wisdom, cultural values, and social norms of a community. They have been an essential means of communication and cultural transmission throughout history. In the Turkic world, proverbs containing the “horse” component hold ...

This study investigates the vocabulary of the work Shajara-i Tarākima through a statistical lens, focusing on parts of speech. The analysis is anchored in the importance of language as a communication tool that reflects the social, economic, and cultural status of its time. With the advancement o...

The creative works of Komil Khorezmi and Avaz Utar hold a significant place in Central Asian literature, especially within the context of Khorezm’s intellectual and cultural legacy. Their contributions have been analyzed through Russian scholars such as F. I. Lobisevich and M. Petrov. Avaz Utar's...

The article provides a comparative analysis of the spiritual states expressed in Ibn Sina's allegorical works. According to the thinker, a perfect human being multiplies the innate virtues and ethical principles of their soul. The author concludes that such a person can become virtuous and posses...

This article analyzes the role of spiritual and educational factors in the development of society and the state, as well as their importance in sustainable development, and demonstrates that spirituality is the nation’s inner strength, the foundation of national unity, and a driving force for pro...

Classical Uzbek literature of the fifteenth century reflects the rich intellectual and cultural life of Central Asia, particularly through the continuation of the didactic and philosophical masnavi tradition.  Sayyid Qasimiy’s Majma’ ul-Axbor represents an important contribution to this heri...

This article examines the interdisciplinary features and translation issues of socio-political terms in Uzbek and English, with a particular focus on materials published by UzA (Uzbekistan National News Agency) and the White House. Socio-political terms constitute an essential part of political d...

The development of technology in the 21st century has taken global societies to another level, all too well- it has brought a number of lodging marvels and moral predeterminations with it. While this innovation is an affirmation of human ingenuity, it also requires a firm moral foundation one tha...

The Bani Rushd family is considered one of the most prominent families that enriched scientific life during their era. Their knowledge was diverse, including judges, jurists, hadith scholars, physicians, astronomers, and philosophers. They played an active role throughout the Almoravid and Almoha...

This study explores the theoretical and methodological foundations of image, symbol, and emblem in artistic thinking, highlighting their semantic interconnections and functional differences. Together, the image, symbol, and emblem form a triadic system that conditions aesthetic imagination, each ...

This article explores the phenomenon of lyric composition as a multifaceted poetic problem integrating structural, semantic, and emotional dimensions of artistic expression. The study approaches composition not as a mechanical arrangement of poetic units but as an organic system of relations that...

Myths and beliefs are essential components of folklore, and when we talk about folklore, it is, in fact, human culture itself that we are discussing that shapes folkways, worldviews, and values. These features also are closely tied to rituals, symbols, and magic, embodying people's connection wit...

The article talks about how to look at references to religion in books written by people from other countries during school lessons. It explains why these references are important in language and culture. It also offers advice for teachers on how to teach these ideas to students. Finally, it show...

This article explores the development of the ballad genre within Uzbek literature, particularly the works of Azim Suyun. The ballad genre, which emerged during the early 20th century, was introduced into Uzbek literature to reflect the socio-political needs of the time. The genre evolved through ...

Questioning how the blind could language despite not seeing, this psycholinguistic analysis focuses on theories of language acquisition as applied to blind individuals. We still do not know much about the compensatory strategies used to navigate without vision that can explain the knowledge gap. ...

The Historical and Literary Links Between Uzbek and Uyghur Literature: From Ancient Religious Work to Modern Literary Movementis written by Qhitay Yulqi and published on Bukhara: An Online Journal. Through the prism of the Jadid movement and the Soviet period, when translation became the primary ...

It studies the application of corpus linguistics to make a glimpse of botanical items particularly in English – Uzbek translation. The conventional methods of automatic terminological analysis usually do not yield insights into contextualized and functionalized term usage, providing incomplete in...

The social characteristics of corruption and the specific importance of its prevention, the results of identifying corruption through a philosophical approach, the negative impact of corruption on social life, and philosophical methods for eliminating it are described. This article provides a bro...

This paper advances a unified thesis: the scientific maturation of onomastics is characterized by a shift from etymological cataloguing to theory‑driven, usage‑based inquiry that now aligns with structural, sociolinguistic, cognitive, and corpus‑geospatial paradigms. Drawing on selected comparati...

This article examines the theoretical foundations of a linguoculturological approach to studying place names (toponyms) in modern Uzbek linguistics. It highlights how toponyms, as elements of the national linguistic and cultural system, embody the ethnocultural and historical memory of the Uzbek ...

The article philosophically analyzes the strong will (himmat) and courage of the founder of the teachings of Naqshbandiya Bahauddin Naqshband on the basis of the work “Makamot” and the new source “Rubayoti Xoja Naqshband”, which is unknown to the scientific community. This article analyzes the li...

Spiiritual Poverty (Faqr) as the Supreme Station Sufis do not understand "poverty" as a material lack, but rather as a deep recognition of one's helplessness before God. This state is the highest expression of inner purity, need for truth, and contentment. Poverty before God is a humble spiritual...

The main purpose of this article is to analyze the literary feature of one of the deepest and philosophical writers of modern Uzbek prose Nazar Eshonqul. His artistic evolution covering pre-independent and independent Uzbekistan can serve as a microcosm of national self-identity, historical consc...

The life and poetic activity of the famous Khorezm poet of the late 19th - early 20th century Sa'dulla To'ra Sa’diy are considered in this article. Although Sa'diy was an important figure in the Khiva literary circle, here I argue that much of his work goes unexamined. Sa'diy, who served the patr...

We will discuss the importance of the Rasm al-Mushaf in the development of the Transoxiana school of calligraphy from historical, linguistic and aesthetic perspectives in this article. Calligraphy with the Arabic script began to flourish as the region opened up to different cultures through the S...

This article analyzes the formation of public perceptions of social justice in the context of New Uzbekistan and the socio-economic factors that shape them. It also highlights the significant role of mass media, state social policy, urbanization, and migration processes in shaping public attitude...

The symbol of "light" in the Uzbek and Persian poetry of Jafar Muhammad Termizi, a literary place of a great bilingual poets, philosophers and researcher of Sufi philosophy is discussed from the mystical and artistic points of views in this article. Light, in his writings, is not only a poetic th...

Language is considered a continuously evolving social phenomenon and is largely influenced by broader socio-economic transformations. Urbanization, as one of the most impactful agents of social change, has extensively affected the development of people’s langues in modern societies. It mainly occ...