Perceptual verbs in English and Uzbek

This article explores perceptual verbs in English and Uzbek, focusing on their semantic, syntactic, and pragmatic features. Drawing on prior scholarly works, including those by Uzbek researchers, the study investigates how perception is expressed through verbs such as see, hear, smell, taste, and feel in English and their equivalents in Uzbek (e.g., ko‘rmoq, eshitmoq, hidlamoq, tatib ko‘rmoq, sezmoq). Using a comparative and corpus-based approach, this research aims to identify convergences and divergences in the perception verb systems of two languages. Findings reveal that while English and Uzbek share many universal properties, particularly in terms of semantic roles and core perceptual concepts, there are notable differences in how these roles interact with grammatical categories such as tense, aspect, and modality. These distinctions have important implications for translation studies, language teaching, and theoretical linguistics as they underscore the interplay between language-specific structures and universal perceptual processes.