REPRESENTATION OF VERBS EXPRESSING DIRECTION OF MOTION IN EXPLANATORY AND TRANSLATION DICTIONARIES OF ENGLISH AND UZBEK

The present article investigates how verbs of directed motion are represented in explanatory and translation dictionaries of English and Uzbek. The study examines a corpus of motion verbs drawn from major monolingual dictionaries (Oxford English Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, Oʿzbek tilining izohli lugʿati) and bilingual English-Uzbek and Uzbek-English dictionaries. The analysis focuses on the semantic structure of directional components encoded in these verbs, the metalanguage used to define them, the completeness of directional sematic features in dictionary entries, and the adequacy of translation equivalents. Findings reveal systematic differences in how directionality is conceptualised and lexicographically described across the two languages, reflecting deeper typological and cognitive distinctions. The article proposes recommendations for improving dictionary entries for this lexical class.