SIMILARITIES AND DIFFERENCES OF GENDER IN ENGLISH AND UZBEK LANGUAGE GRAMMAR

Abstract

This study examines the ways in which the concept of grammatical gender is
expressed in the English and Uzbek languages. While English is considered a gender-
neutral language, Uzbek has a grammatical gender system with masculine and feminine
forms. The analysis compares how nouns, pronouns, and adjectives are marked for
gender in each language. In Uzbek, nouns are classified as either masculine or
feminine, and this gender agreement extends to associated pronouns and adjectives. In
contrast, English does not have a grammatical gender system, though certain natural
gender distinctions are maintained in personal pronouns.The paper also explores how
the presence or absence of grammatical gender impacts other linguistic features, such
as the formation of compound words and the use of gender-specific honorifics.
Additionally, it discusses the sociocultural implications of gender representation in the
grammar of these languages.Through a contrastive analysis, this study sheds light on
the diverse ways in which human languages can encode and express the concept of
gender, highlighting both universal patterns and language-specific variations in this
domain of grammar.