A Comparative Study of the Structural and Semantic Characteristics of Verbless Sentences in English and Uzbek

Abstract

This study examines the structural and semantic characteristics of verbless sentences in English and Uzbek from a comparative linguistic perspective. Verbless sentences constitute an important syntactic phenomenon that enables speakers to express complete communicative meanings without the explicit use of a finite verb. The research investigates the grammatical organization, semantic functions, and communicative roles of verbless constructions in both languages. Using comparative, descriptive, and semantic analysis methods, examples were collected from literary works, journalistic texts, and spoken discourse. The findings reveal that although English and Uzbek employ verbless sentences for similar communicative purposes, significant differences exist in their structural realization and functional distribution. Uzbek demonstrates greater flexibility in the formation and use of verbless constructions due to its agglutinative nature, whereas English relies more heavily on contextual interpretation and stylistic conventions. The study contributes to comparative syntax, typological linguistics, and translation studies by highlighting similarities and differences between the two languages.