Method and Methodology of Comparative-Typological Research of Verbs in English-Uzbek Languages
Abstract
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 grammatical structure, carrying essential information about tense, aspect, mood, voice, and argument structure. Despite previous studies examining specific phenomena in either English or Uzbek, a holistic comparative-typological analysis of their verb systems remains underdeveloped. Existing literature often lacks a unified methodological framework to compare the complex morphological, syntactic, and semantic dimensions of verbs in these languages. This research aims to develop a rigorous methodological approach for the comparative-typological analysis of English and Uzbek verbs, identifying both shared linguistic principles and language-specific structures. Utilizing a parallel corpus and targeted native speaker elicitation, the study systematically analyzes and compares the verb systems across morphological (e.g., tense, aspect, mood), syntactic (e.g., valency, argument structure), and semantic (e.g., verb classes, TAM semantics) levels. The study offers an integrative methodological framework incorporating both quantitative and qualitative analyses, typological mapping, and contrastive techniques. It also introduces procedures for addressing challenges like non-isomorphic categories and data ambiguity. The findings have theoretical significance for linguistic typology and practical applications in language pedagogy, translation, and computational linguistics, offering a replicable model for future cross-linguistic verb research.
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