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The present article investigates the semantic classification of adjectives in English and Uzbek from a comparative linguistic perspective. Adjectives constitute one of the most semantically diverse lexical categories in both languages, functioning as modifiers that denote quality, quantity, relation, evaluation, deixis, and distribution. The study aims to identify the principal semantic groups of adjectives in English and Uzbek, to examine their lexical-semantic properties, and to reveal similarities and differences resulting from typological distinctions between the two languages. English, as an analytic language, and Uzbek, as an agglutinative language, demonstrate both universal and language-specific patterns in adjectival semantics. The research employs descriptive, comparative, and semantic analysis to classify adjectives into major groups such as qualitative, relative, quantitative, demonstrative, possessive, interrogative, and distributive types. The findings indicate that both languages share a common semantic core in the classification of adjectives, particularly in the domains of quality, color, size, evaluation, and quantity. However, they differ significantly in the grammatical interpretation of certain adjective-like units, especially demonstratives, possessives, and relational modifiers.
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