A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF DERIVATIONAL MORPHOLOGY IN UZBEK AND KOREAN: AFFIXATION PATTERNS AND WORD-FORMATION MECHANISMS

Abstract

This paper examines derivational morphology in Uzbek and Korean from a comparative perspective. Both languages belong to the agglutinative type and exhibit productive word-formation mechanisms based primarily on affixation. The study focuses on the structural and semantic characteristics of derivational processes, including suffixation, compounding, and lexical derivation. Although Uzbek and Korean share typological similarities, they differ in the productivity of derivational affixes and the role of compounding. The findings demonstrate that suffixation is the dominant mechanism in both languages, while compound formation is considerably more productive in Korean. The study contributes to comparative linguistics and provides insights into word-formation patterns in agglutinativelanguages.