ANALYSIS OF THE BORROWING PROCESS OF BANKING AND FINANCIAL SYSTEM TERMINOLOGY FROM RUSSIAN INTO UZBEK
Abstract
The present study examines the process by which banking and financial terminology has been borrowed from Russian into the Uzbek language, a phenomenon closely tied to the political, economic, and cultural transformations of the post-Soviet period in Central Asia. Drawing on a corpus of over 200 financial and banking terms collected from Uzbek legislative documents, banking regulations, academic textbooks, and media sources, this paper analyses the phonological, morphological, and semantic adaptations that occur during the borrowing process. The study identifies four primary borrowing mechanisms: direct phonological assimilation, morphological adaptation, calquing (loan translation), and hybrid formation. Particular attention is paid to the sociolinguistic context, including Soviet-era language policies, post-independence language reform in Uzbekistan, and the influence of international financial institutions on contemporary Uzbek economic vocabulary. Findings indicate that a significant proportion of Russian-origin financial terms have been integrated into Uzbek with minimal structural modification, while a growing trend toward indigenous term formation and replacement is observable following the 1995 transition to the Latin script. The paper concludes by discussing implications for terminology standardisation, lexicographic practice, and language planning policy in Uzbekistan.
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