Abstract
The term retronym was first used by the American journalist Frank Mankievich. William Sapphire made the term popular through an article he wrote for the New York Times. The term was included in the interactive edition of the American Heritage Dictionary, an interactive edition, with the following comment: For example, an acoustic guitar against an electric guitar or an analog clock against an electronic clock. ”A retronym is a name derived from the first form of a concept or object. In other words, it represents a new word or phrase that has been devised to distinguish it from its related species. Major changes in the political, economic, scientific and cultural life of the country allow to increase the number of terms in the Uzbek language. This process is widely observed in all styles of literary language, especially in the scientific style and the journalistic style. Collecting them and defining their place in the lexicon is one of the current problems facing our linguistics. The article discusses retronyms and their differences from other phenomena and their place in lexicography.
Highlights
Linguist Wilhelm von Humboldt (Wilhelm von Humboldt 1767-1835), speaking of the regular growthchange feature of language, pointed out that language was not created as a result of a work or any other activity, but as an activity constantly evolving: "Language is not a product of activity, but activity itself." (Feshchenko: 2012, 87.) If language were a work, it would not change after creation, it would remain as it was created
Humboldt emphasizes the need to focus on language as the spirit of the people: "in every language it reflects the spirit of the speakers, the spirit of each nation is reflected in the language." (Lobanova: 2013, 5.) It is known that in world linguistics the role of a certain nation in the description of the linguistic landscape of the world, how it is expressed through language, different national and cultural views, unique way of thinking, as well as language
The great changes taking place in the political, economic, scientific and cultural life of the country allow for the increase and improvement of terms in the dictionary of the modern Uzbek language
Summary
Linguist Wilhelm von Humboldt (Wilhelm von Humboldt 1767-1835), speaking of the regular growthchange feature of language, pointed out that language was not created as a result of a work or any other activity, but as an activity constantly evolving: "Language is not a product of activity (ergon), but activity itself (energeia)." (Feshchenko: 2012, 87.) If language were a work, it would not change after creation, it would remain as it was created. Whereas language has the power to grow and change, to renew itself regularly. It has been living in the shadow of power for a long time in any situation. The viability feature of language is related to its flexibility phenomenon. “As a result of the emergence and stabilization of a new scientific paradigm based on the principle of anthropocentric approach to language in linguistics, researchers fully recognize that the essence of language and the human factor should be the main criterion in the scientific interpretation of related events. ” (Mahmudov, Adilov: 2014, 3) In recent decades, the study of language in Uzbek linguistics, along with its owner, its national culture, worldview and other peculiarities, has become a key principle Objective conclusions can only be drawn when the language is studied together with its owner. ” (Mahmudov, Adilov: 2014, 3) In recent decades, the study of language in Uzbek linguistics, along with its owner, its national culture, worldview and other peculiarities, has become a key principle
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