ENGLISH LOANWORDS IN RUSSIAN AND UZBEK: TERMINOLOGICAL ADAPTATION WITHIN A COMPARATIVE LINGUISTICS FRAMEWORK

Abstract

English loanwords have become a notable feature of modern Russian and Uzbek, attracting the
attention of both linguists and the wider public. Studies show that Anglicisms are part of a broader historical and
sociolinguistic process: they entered Russian and Uzbek at different stages, gradually adapted to the structural
norms of each language, and increasingly derive from American English, which today serves as one of the
major sources of new vocabulary across the post-Soviet space.
Although English borrowings often appear rapidly and in large numbers, Russian and Uzbek actively adapt
them phonologically, morphologically, and semantically, making many of them sound almost native [6]. Rather
than weakening linguistic identity, these borrowings demonstrate how both languages continue to develop,
respond to global communication needs, and adapt to technological change [5].