CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS OF THE CONCEPT SCIENCE IN UZBEK AND ENGLISH APHORISMS

Abstract

This article examines the national and cultural characteristics of the concept SCIENCE as reflected in Uzbek and English aphorisms. Aphorisms, as concise and semantically dense linguistic units, preserve cultural values, collective experience, and national worldviews. The study applies a linguocultural and cognitive approach to identify similarities and differences in the conceptualization of science in the two linguistic cultures. The analysis shows that while English aphorisms conceptualize science mainly through pragmatism, rationalism, and progress, Uzbek aphorisms emphasize science as a moral, spiritual, and social value closely connected with enlightenment and ethical perfection.