Theoretical and applied methods of creating associative dictionary of the uzbek language (On the example of the word “beshik”)*

Abstract

In the world linguistics of the XXI century, the human factor have became the main subject of language learning, as a result, new directions of linguistics, based on the prism of the triangle “man + culture + language”, have appeared. Currently, such areas of linguistics as cultural linguistics, pragmalinguistics, psycholinguistics, cognitive linguistics, sociolinguistics, associative linguistics explore the language taking into account the cognitive, psychological, cultural, national, social characteristics of a person in relationships with history, national traditions, politica, cultural peculiarities of linguistic societies as well as geographic locations of the country. Associative linguistics, deals with associations that arise in the minds of speakers, associated with certain concepts, thereby they become the material for the creation of associative dictionaries. Associative dictionaries of certain languages, published in the twentieth century, were the impetus for the creation of an associative dictionary of the Uzbek language. This article will consider the history of the creation of associative dictionaries, theoretical and practical methods of compiling associative dictionaries, works aimed at creating an Uzbek associative dictionary, methods and principles for studying associations, structure, methods and principles of creating associative dictionaries. © 2021 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.