CONCEPTUALIZATION OF PHYSICAL APPEARANCE AND HUMAN CHARACTER IN ENGLISH AND UZBEK PHRASEOLOGY
Keywords:
phraseology, appearance, character; clothing; colour; animalism; evaluation; culture.Abstract
This article explores the conceptualization of physical appearance and human character in English and Uzbek phraseology from a comparative linguocultural perspective. Unlike purely lexical descriptions of human features, phraseological units interpret appearance through culturally shaped images, social expectations and evaluative stereotypes. The study focuses on expressions built around clothing, colour, animal images, bodily condition, social posture and visible behavioural signs. These components reveal how external appearance becomes a symbolic means of judging personality, morality and social status. The analysis shows that English phraseology frequently represents character through contrastive images such as respectable appearance versus hidden danger, neatness versus moral emptiness, or animal comparison as a sign of social behaviour. Uzbek phraseology often connects visible appearance with honour, dignity, modesty, social shame and communal evaluation. The findings demonstrate that appearance in phraseology is not a neutral physical category; it functions as a culturally coded interpretive frame. The article may contribute to comparative phraseology, translation studies and intercultural language teaching.
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