REPRESENTATION OF WORD-BUILDING AFFIXES IN GERMAN-UZBEK DICTIONARIES: A CRITICAL ANALYSIS

Abstract

Research analyzing German-Uzbek dictionaries notes that some German-Uzbek dictionaries contain shortcomings in the process of representing compound nouns, designing the microstructure of the dictionary, selecting lemmas and giving equivalents [1, pp. 192-196]. Furthermore, they have minor shortcomings in the presenting of composites and derivatives [2]. According to the results of this study, which firstly analyses the representation of word-forming affixes in German-Uzbek dictionaries, it was found that word-forming affixes were not included in German-Uzbek dictionaries as lemmas. The fact that each of the deriative words formed with such affixes is given as lemmas in these dictionaries has led to an increase in the size of the dictionary and a violation of the lexicographic principle. In order to eliminate such shortcomings identified during the study and to fill the existing lexicographic gaps (at least, partly), as a result of the study, we created/compiled “sample articles” based on scientific conclusions and lexicographical principles. The obtained results serve to enrich the theory of Uzbek lexicography and are recommended for use in future creating German-Uzbek dictionaries.