THE EMOTIONAL-EVALUATIVE COMPONENT OF "HAPPINESS" IN ENGLISH AND UZBEK POETIC DISCOURSE

This article explores the emotional-evaluative component of the concept “happiness” within English and Uzbek poetic discourse. The study examines how emotive lexicon, evaluative markers, metaphorical patterns, and cultural symbols contribute to the conceptual representation of happiness in poetry. The findings reveal that while English poetic texts often represent happiness through personal emotional fulfilment and imagery of freedom, Uzbek poetic discourse articulates happiness via collective values, spiritual dimensions, and culturally specific symbols. The research emphasizes the cultural shaping of emotional meaning in linguistic expression and contributes to linguocultural and poetic discourse analysis.