Forms of Expression of National and Cultural Features in the Lexical Units of the Language of Works by U. Hoshimov and V. Rasputin

The article examines the forms of expression of national and cultural features in the lexical units of literary works by Utkir Hoshimov and Valentin Rasputin. Based on the prose of these writers, lexical-semantic groups representing the national worldview are identified: everyday vocabulary, realia of the traditional way of life, kinship nominations, anthroponyms and toponyms, evaluative and axiological vocabulary, as well as words connected with the spiritual and moral ideas of the people. The comparative analysis shows that in the works of U. Hoshimov, national and cultural specificity is closely connected with Uzbek family and everyday traditions, the concept of the mahalla, the cult of the mother, respect for elders, and moral responsibility before one’s kin. In V. Rasputin’s prose, national identity is revealed through the vocabulary of the Siberian village, natural space, peasant life, ancestral memory, and the moral connection of a person with his native land. The conclusion is made that nationally marked vocabulary in a literary text performs not only a nominative function but also conceptual-value, characterological, and pragmatic functions.