Occasional Units: Essence, Classification, Specific Features of Word Formation and Functions in Literary Texts

This article provides a comprehensive analysis of one of the important branches of modern linguistics – the phenomenon of occasional units. The theoretical foundations of the concept of an occasional unit, its lexical, phraseological, and syntactic manifestations, word-formation mechanisms, and stylistic functions in literary and journalistic texts are considered. In the study, the materials of the Uzbek language were studied in comparison with theoretical approaches in world linguistics. Conclusions have been developed regarding the lexicographic registration of occasional units and the determination of their place in.