MARKET ECONOMY AND LANGUAGE: THE IMPACT OF ECONOMIC REFORMS ON THE UZBEKISTAN LANGUAGE

Аннотация

In this article, we analyzed the impact of the transition to a market economy in Uzbekistan on the Uzbek language. New concepts and terms that emerged as a result of economic reforms and the processes of their expression in the Uzbek language were studied. The article reveals the intersection of linguistics and economics, substantiates the need to modernize the state language through the linguistic interpretation of economic reforms. Keywords: uzbek language, market economy, economic reforms, economic terminology, translation, terms, state language, language policy, public consciousness, modernization. Аннотация: В данной статье мы проанализировали влияние перехода к рыночной экономике в Узбекистане на узбекский язык. Изучены новые понятия и термины, появившиеся в результате экономических реформ, и процессы их выражения в узбекском языке. В статье раскрывается пересечение лингвистики https://scientific-jl.org/obr 4 6 6 Выпуск журнала №-69 Часть–2_ Мая –2025 ОБРАЗОВАНИЕ НАУКА И ИННОВАЦИОННЫЕ ИДЕИ В МИРЕ 2181-3187 и экономики, обосновывается необходимость модернизации государственного языка через лингвистическую интерпретацию экономических реформ. Ключевые слова: узбекский язык, рыночная экономика, экономические реформы, экономическая терминология, перевод, термины, государственный язык, языковая политика, общественное сознание, модернизация. Introduction. The fundamental economic reforms that began after the Republic of Uzbekistan gained independence covered not only the economic structure of the country, but also all aspects of its social and cultural life. Especially against the background of new economic relations, institutional changes and globalization that emerged during the transition to a market economy, the language issue has become one of the urgent problems. The adaptation of economic terms to the Uzbek language, the introduction of new concepts, the translation of foreign terms and their impact on social consciousness have set new tasks for language policy and linguistics. Since the nature of the market economy is changing, competitive and multi- disciplinary, the system of economic terms is also constantly being updated. In such conditions, the ability of the Uzbek language to adequately express modern economic terminology and the full use of the state language in the official, scientific and practical spheres have become an important issue. In this regard, the study of the impact of economic reforms on language, especially the practice of the Uzbek language in its official status, and the analysis of the relationship between economy and language are of great scientific and practical importance. In this article, we analyze the linguistic consequences of economic reforms in Uzbekistan, the formation of economic terms and their use in the Uzbek language. We also consider the standardization of economic terms, problems in official documents and the education system, as well as situations related to the language culture and economic literacy of the population. https://scientific-jl.org/obr 4 6 7 Выпуск журнала №-69 Часть–2_ Мая –2025 ОБРАЗОВАНИЕ НАУКА И ИННОВАЦИОННЫЕ ИДЕИ В МИРЕ 2181-3187 Main part. One of the important changes that occurred in the socio-cultural environment along with the gradual transition of the Republic of Uzbekistan to a market economy was associated with the expansion of the functional capabilities and terminological base of the language system. This process arose, first of all, from the need to express new concepts that arose in the economic sphere in a manner appropriate to the Uzbek language. The consistent, scientifically based and functionally correct translation of such fundamental concepts as capital, shares, investment, privatization, competition, price mechanism, macroeconomics, inflation into the Uzbek language is one of the aspects of economic reforms that directly affected the language. The impact of the market economy on the Uzbek language can be seen in two main directions: firstly, the translation of foreign economic terms and their localization; secondly, the assimilation of new concepts into the consciousness of society through the language and thereby serving the development of economic thinking. These two areas are closely interconnected, and as economic reforms deepened, their influence on the language became even stronger. Linguist R. Mamatova says about this: “The market economy brought a huge terminological burden to the Uzbek language, which marked a new stage in the development of the language” [1, p. 45]. An important issue in the formation of economic terms in the Uzbek language is their popular, understandable and scientifically sound. Unfortunately, the instability in the translation of economic terms that arose in the early 1990s, differences in approaches between specialists and the lack of normative sources led to a number of confusions. For example, the term “leasing” was initially expressed in various ways, such as “financial leasing”, “financ