Figurativeness of zoonyms and phytonyms in Uzbek and English

Background. Relevance is due to a certain level of undevelopment of many issues related to the human factor in the language. The development of this problematic seems promising for identifying the national and cultural characteristics of Uzbek and English phraseological units, which allows us to increase our vocabulary and, therefore, enrich our speech.This monography examines the semantic-pragmatic and connotatively evaluative relations of phraseological units based on animal images in Uzbek and English languages. Zoonyms and phytonyms imply textual roles within a specific discourse and difference in values, stereotypes and behaviour patterns in national cultures.