FEMINIST EXPRESSIONS IN MODERN ENGLISHANDUZBEKDISCOURSE

Abstract

This paper examines feminist expressions in contemporaryEnglishandUzbek discourse through a comparative sociolinguistic and discourse-analyticlens.Using mixed methods—corpus searches, social media (hashtag) analysis, mediatexts, and selected interviews—the study traces how feminist vocabulary, rhetoricalstrategies, and mobilizing genres emerge, circulate, and are adaptedacrosstwolinguistic and cultural contexts. Findings show that English-languagefeministlexicon and pragmatic formats (e.g., assertive testimonial, reclaimingterms,andgender-neutral formulations) serve as vectors for global feminist ideas, whileUzbekdiscourse selectively adopts, calques, or morphologically adapts theseexpressionsinlight of local grammar, politeness norms, and sociopolitical constraints. InUzbek,strategies such as lexical borrowing, periphrastic rephrasing, passiveor agent‑lessconstructions, and context-dependent honorific usage are common waystonavigategendered topics when direct equivalents (e.g., gender-neutral pronouns)areunavailable or contested. The study also highlights the role of digital platformsinaccelerating transfer and contestation, the limits posed by institutional andculturalresistance, and the importance of translation choices in shapingreception.Implications point to the need for culturally informed feminist communication,sensitive translation practices, and further empirical research onintersectionaluptake in non‑Anglophone settings