THE USE OF TERMINOLOGY IN ACADEMIC DISCOURSE: A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF ENGLISH AND UZBEK SCHOLARLY TEXTS
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Keywords

academic discourse
terminology
English academic writing
Uzbek academic

How to Cite

THE USE OF TERMINOLOGY IN ACADEMIC DISCOURSE: A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF ENGLISH AND UZBEK SCHOLARLY TEXTS. (2026). Qo‘qon DPI. Ilmiy Xabarlar Jurnali, 8(06), 960-965. https://doi.org/10.70728/b.series.fil.v08.i06.133

Abstract

This article examines the role of terminology in academic discourse, with a specific focus on comparative differences between English and Uzbek scholarly texts. Drawing on discourse analysis, corpus linguistics, and genre theory, the study investigates how terminological density, definitional strategies, and domain-specific lexis function within the
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