CRITERIA FOR INCLUDING NEOLOGISMS FROM ENGLISH AND UZBEK INTO BILINGUAL CORPORA AS LEXICAL UNITS

Abstract

The dynamic nature of language is most clearly reflected in the continuous emergence of neologisms. In an era of rapid technological and social change, both English and Uzbek are generating new lexical units at an unprecedented rate. This article provides a detailed examination of the criteria and requirements for including neologisms from English and Uzbek into bilingual corpora as fully recognized lexical units. It analyzes semantic, pragmatic, functional, and cross-linguistic factors that determine whether a new word has achieved sufficient stability and relevance for corpus integration. The study compares neologism formation processes in both languages and proposes a comprehensive set of criteria, including frequency and dispersion, semantic stability, collocational productivity, cross-linguistic equivalence, and temporal persistence. Within the anthropocentric paradigm, the inclusion of neologisms is interpreted as evidence of human communicative creativity and adaptation to new social realities. The findings offer practical guidelines for corpus linguists, lexicographers, and language technology specialists working on English-Uzbek bilingual resources.