Lexical-Stylistic Features of Archaisms, Neologisms, and Occasionalisms in the Authorial Corpus Based on the Works of R. Dahl and Kh. Tukhtaboev

• Saidov Akmal Azimovich

  PhD student at Bukhara State University

This article investigates the lexical-stylistic features of archaisms, neologisms, and occasionalisms in the authorial corpus compiled on the basis of selected works by R. Dahl and Kh. Tukhtaboev. The study focuses on how historically marked words, newly created lexical items, and individual authorial formations function in children’s prose. The comparative analysis shows that R. Dahl’s lexical creativity is primarily associated with fantasy world-building, grotesque characterization, phonetic play, and the individual speech of fictional characters. In contrast, Kh. Tukhtaboev’s lexical layer is closely connected with Uzbek everyday life, oral storytelling, social roles, family relations, school discourse, rural culture, and humorous self-presentation. Particular attention is paid to Uzbek lexical items such as kolxoz (collective farm), MTS (Machine-Tractor Station), detdom (children’s home/orphanage), qovunnusxa (melon-shaped), handalaknusxa (small-melon-shaped), and qovuntog‘ (a “melon mountain”, a huge pile of melons), which carry cultural, historical, and stylistic meanings. The article argues that the authorial corpus makes it possible to study the individual style of both writers not only through plot and imagery but also through recurrent lexical patterns, marked vocabulary, and contextually motivated word formation.

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