A Study of "Laughter" and "Crying" Concepts in English and Uzbek Linguacultures

Abstract

Abstract: This article focuses on one of the most essential questions in modern linguistics; that is related to linguacultural units. Being the main, central part of conceptual linguistics, the concepts of "laughter" and "crying" are considered to be essential, cultural, traditional complex lexical units that are passed from generation to generation, from mouth to mouth for centuries. These concepts can contain important data related to various functions of emotional expressions including their usage as a methodological tool. Emotional concepts can be regarded as means of folklore, literature and language, in this work their functions in linguistics are studied through a comparative study of English and Uzbek linguacultures.