Structural And Derivational Aspects Of Recreational Place Names In English And Uzbek Boltaboeva Nargizakhon Makhamadjon kizi

Аннотация

This study investigates the structural and derivational features of recreational place names in English and Uzbek, focusing on simple, derived, and compound toponyms. These place names are not only geographical identifiers but also encode the historical, cultural, and ethnolinguistic heritage of a nation. By analyzing and classifying the names of resorts in both languages, the research identifies typological similarities and differences in the formation of toponyms. The study utilizes descriptive and comparative linguistic methods, drawing on theoretical insights from leading scholars in toponymy. The results reveal that pleace names in both languages exhibit diverse lexical-semantic and morphological patterns, influenced by sociocultural and environmental factors. The article introduces the term "recreatonym" as a linguistically significant category within toponymy, providing a new lens through which such names can be understood. Keywords: Recreational place names, toponymy, English, Uzbek, structure, derivation, recreational toponyms, etymology. systems. Introduction: Toponymy, the study of place names, holds significant linguistic, cultural, and historical Literature Review. The structural and derivational relevance. Within this field, the names of recreational analysis of place names has been explored by various destinations—referred to in this study as scholars across linguistic traditions. In Russian "recreatonyms"—are of particular interest, as they linguistics, A.V. Superanskaya (1973) provided a reflect not only geographic attributes but also national foundational classification of toponyms into simple, identity, environmental symbolism, and societal values. derived, and compound categories, emphasizing their In both English and Uzbek, recreational place names morphological formation and syntactic integration. She appear in various morphological forms, shaped by noted that “toponyms are formed according to the specific structural and derivational rules. These morphological and syntactic laws of a given language.” toponyms go beyond the function of geographic In English toponymy, A.D. Mills (2011) and G. Room markers; they act as cultural texts embedded with (1993) emphasized etymology and morphological meaning. structure. Mills categorized English place names This paper explores the morphosyntactic and semantic according to their lexical origins, historical meanings, construction of recreational place names in English and and grammatical composition. For instance, Blackpool Uzbek, focusing on three major structural types: combines the adjective black with the noun pool, simple, derived, and compound. For example, names forming a derived toponym. like Brighton, Bath, and Cambridge in English, or Uzbek scholars, such as Sh. Rahmatullayev (1992), have Chorvoq, Shohimardon, and Zomin in Uzbek, illustrate likewise classified Uzbek place names based on their different formation strategies that encapsulate derivational patterns. He distinguished between simple geographic, historical, or religious nuances. By names (Andijon, Samarqand), derived forms ( analyzing these formations, we aim to uncover both Zarafshon, G‘azalkent), and compound names (Qo‘qon shared and unique features across the two linguistic Shahri, Charvak), focusing on their morphological American Journal Of Philological Sciences 166 https://theusajournals.com/index.php/ajps American Journal Of Philological Sciences (ISSN – 2771-2273) complexity and lexical components. U.S. Turdimov These consist of a single root with no affixation or (2002) expanded this analysis by categorizing compounding. toponyms into semantic and functional groups, English: Bath, York, Kent including ethnonymic, hydronymic, and anthroponymic Uzbek: Zomin, Chorvoq, Andijon types. His structural-semantic approach aligns with global trends in socio-onomastic research, highlighting Superanskaya defines these as the “core toponymic the dynamic interaction between language and societal units” (Superanskaya, 1973, p. 98), often the earliest in functions. settlement naming traditions. Recent studies in linguistic geography (Hough, 2016; 2. Derived (Affixational) Toponyms Tent & Blair, 2011) suggest that the naming of These are formed via morphological processes such as recreational sites is influenced by tourism, cultural suffixation, often signaling geographic or descriptive memory, and environmental branding, further information. necessitating a nuanced analysis of these toponyms English: Blackpool (black + pool), Oakham (oak + -ham) across languages. Uzbek: G‘azalkent (gazal + -kent), Qamishli (qamish + - Research Methodology. This study applies a li) descriptive-analytical and comparative linguistic Rahmatullayev emphasized the productivity of suffixes approach to explore the structural and semantic like -kent, -obod, and -li in Uzbek, reflecting location properties of place names in English and Uzbek, attributes and settlement status (Rahmatullayev, 1982, focusing specifi