This study is dedicated to the linguodidactic analysis of English and Uzbek explanatory learners' dictionaries based on associative experiments

Аннотация

This study is dedicated to the linguodidactic analysis of English and Uzbek explanatory learners' dictionaries based on associative experiments. It explores the functional roles of dictionaries in language teaching, the process of meaning formation in the learner’s mind, and the role of associative links in vocabulary acquisition. Positioned at the intersection of psycholinguistics and didactics, this approach highlights the significance of associative thinking in memorizing and effectively using lexical units. The analysis provides a comparative overview of the structural, semantic, and methodological features of English and Uzbek explanatory learners’ dictionaries. Based on empirical experimentation, the study identifies the types of associative connections formed by learners when working with dictionary entries and determines their role in the development of language competence. Keywords: semantic thinking, phonetic description, connotative meaning, communicative aspect, semantic network, synonym, antonym, collocation