Associative characteristics of the conceptosphere of knowledge and ignorance in English and Uzbek

Abstract

This article presents a comparative linguocognitive analysis of the associative characteristics of the conceptosphere of knowledge and ignorance in the English and Uzbek languages. The study identifies the place of this binary concept in the national-cultural consciousness, its core and peripheral components, and the associative units related to them. Lexical, phraseological, and paremiological means associated with the concepts of knowledge and ignorance in the linguistic consciousness of English and Uzbek speakers are analyzed, and their common as well as distinctive features are revealed. The findings demonstrate that the spiritual values, attitudes toward education, and national worldviews of both peoples directly influence the formation of the conceptosphere of knowledge and ignorance. The conclusions of the study are of both theoretical and practical significance for cognitive linguistics, linguocultural studies, and comparative conceptology.