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PROVERB INTERTEXTUALITY AND POWER RELATIONS WITH
REFERENCE TO SLEEP IN TURKISH AND UZBEK CULTURES
Du dona Abdugʻo u o a,
Lec u e o The Highe School o Tu kology,
Tashken S a e Uni e si y o O ien al S udies
Abs ac . The au ho s conside he in e ex uali y o Tu kish and Uzbek p o e bs
o sleep as bea e s o cul u al memo y and ins umen s o powe ela ions. Applying
a compa a i e linguis ic me hod, shows how p o e bs encode au ho i y, obedience and
esis ance, and he spi i o many di e en cul u es in which hey ci cula e. Applying
he pa emiological app oach and mixed quali a i e–quan i a i e me hod, his s udy
demons a es how p o e bs abou sleep co espond o b oade social change, as well
as ac ing as a medium o cul u al ei e a ion. A he same ime hey show bo h ans-
cul u al cogni i e p ocessing and cul u e-speci ic alues, highligh ing he ole o
p o e b in o ming collec i e iden i ies and egula ing social a ai s o e decades.
Keywo ds: pa emiology, in e ex uali y, sleep image y, social hie a chy,
cul u al ansmission.
Anno a siya. Mualli ushbu maqolada u k a oʻzbek uyqu maqolla ining
in e eks ualligini madaniy xo i a ashu chisi a hokimiya munosaba la i osi asi
si a ida ahlilga o gan. Qiyosiy ling is ik usulni qoʻllash o qali maqolla ning
hokimiya , i oa ko lik a qa shilik koʻ sa ish hamda ula a qalgan koʻplab u li
madaniya la uhini qanday kodlashini koʻ sa adi. Pa emiologik yondashu a a alash
si a -miqdo usulini qoʻllagan holda, ushbu adqiqo uyqu haqidagi maqolla ning
keng oq ij imoiy oʻzga ishla ga mos kelishini, shuningdek, madaniy muloqo osi asi
azi asini baja ishini koʻ sa adi. Shu bilan bi ga, ula ansmadaniy kogni i qay a
ishlashni ham, madaniya ga xos qad iya la ni ham koʻ sa ib, maqolla ning jamoa iy
oʻziga xoslikni shakllan i ish a koʻplab yilla da omida ij imoiy masalala ni a ibga
solishdagi olini aʼkidlaydi.
Kali soʻzla : pa emiologiya, in e eks uallik, uyqu as i i, ij imoiy iye a xiya,
madaniy muloqo .
P o e bs, like many linguis ic cons uc s, e lec a socie yʼs a i udes, belie s, and
gene al pe spec i e o he wo ld and can se e as didac ic de ices o ansmi cul u al
alues and ideologies ega ding in e pe sonal ela ionship dynamics and social
hie a chy. This is he subjec o s udy: he sub le ways in which p o e bs insc ibe and
ca y alues abou powe ela ions, ocusing on one pa icula a ea whe e his akes
place – he ealm o apho is ic sayings ha use sleep image y in o de o communica e
expec a ions abou how powe should be dis ibu ed and wha peopleʼs
powe s/ esponsibili ies a e wi hin speci ic cul u es. I s ocus is on he ways in which
hese p o e bs powe au ho i y, command obedience, and aci ly o explici ly ma k
al e na i es o esis ance in he ex u e o Tu kish and Uzbek li e. Ve y o en, hese
exp essions ep esen he wisdom o yo e and embed mo ali y lessons and cul u al
belie s ha ha e been ansmi ed o e housands o yea s in an abb e ia ed o m. In
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his sense, pa emiology ( he s udy o p o e bs) ac s as a peculia “ocula de ice” in
which we can obse e he ambiguous deploymen o language, cul u e, and powe ha
cha ac e izes discou se. I we p obe he me apho ical and li e al ep esen a ion o sleep
in such p o e bs, we can e eal assump ions abou p oduc i i y, social a angemen s,
and powe ela ions ha unde pin hese communi ies. This c oss-cul u al compa a i e
wo k will illus a e he common g ound as well as cul u ally speci ic sub le ies in hese
socie iesʼ espec i e use o p o e bial wisdom o exp ess social hie a chy.
This compa a i e inqui y he e o e o e s an insigh in o he ex en o which we
can ely on hese linguis ic phenomena as esponsible o shaping gene al a i udes
owa ds oles and esponsibili ies in a cul u e, wi h pa icula e e ence o powe
ela ions. Addi ionally, I wan o explo e wha hese p o e bs say abou main aining
social powe o li ing up and unde mining opp essi e s uc u es and how hey each
e lec cul u al na a i es in a con empo a y wo ld ha changes o he be e . The
schola ly discipline ha is engaged in esea ching p o e bs, olk wi , and poe ic
apho isms is called pa emiology; i s subjec ma e o e s a wide ield o explo a ion
o he in ica e ela ionship be ween language, cul u e, and human emo ions, as such
exp essions usually comp ise his o ical adi ions o manʼs common pas o olk
wisdom ha e lec s adi ional iews peculia o di e en people. This is e lec ed
mos clea ly in he p o e bs, which encapsula e co e cogni i e p ocesses and ules o
how we exp ess sha ed human alues ac oss cul u es. Besides, p o e bs a e images o
li es yle, adi ions, men ali y, wo ld iew, and peopleʼs appea ance.
In he cou se o s udying he ma e ial on his opic, some pionee ing schola ship
on pa emiological s udies will be c i ically analyzed wi h special e e ences ha deal
wi h he ela ionship among p o e bs, cul u e, and powe ela ions in gene al and
wi hin he Tu kic linguis ic a ea in pa icula . I will iden i y he li e a u e ha he e is
a lack o he speci ic in es iga ion o sleep p o e bs as social anking and indi idual
agency indica o s. This c i ical e iew will lay a heo e ical basis o in e p e ing how
e bal phenomena (e.g., p o e bs) codi y and anspo socio-cul u al no ms, he
p ocess wi h e e ence o which such use o language compa men alizes hegemonic
ela ionships and no ma i e modes in a communi y
1
. In ligh o his, he p esen sec ion
will u he examine e hnolinguis ic app oaches o p o e bs, as such a e seen as one o
he main sou ces o unde s anding sociocul u al alua ions implici in hese small
ph as ic u e ances
2
. I will also e iew esea ch on symbolic language and image y in
p o e bs, which a e i al o analyzing he implici cul u al meanings o sleep wi hin
Tu kish and Uzbek cul u e
3
. The e iew will also explo e c oss-cul u al esea ch,
which helps o demons a e how p o e bs a e channels o social con ol whe eby
expec a ions o obedience, p oduc ion, and esis ance a e communica ed
4
.
1
Lomo ey B.A., Csajbok-Twe e ou I. A p agma ic and sociolinguis ic analysis o p o e bs ac oss languages and cul u es
// Jou nal o P agma ics. 2021. (182). P. 86.
2
Ramlan M.N. Compa a i e E hnolinguis ics on Me apho ical In e p e a ions in Japanese Ko owaza and Malay P o e bs
// IZUMI. 2021. № 2 (10). P. 221.
3
Toan L.N. Symbolic Language and Image y in Fo ma ing, P ese ing, and T ansmi ing Cul u al Values h ough
Vie namese P o e bs // In e na ional Jou nal o Religion. 2024. № 3 (5). P. 547.
4
Mux a o a M.F. C oss-Cul u al Analysis: Rep esen a ion o Some Aspec s o a Pa en -Child Rela ionship (on he
Examples o English and Uzbek P o e bs) // SHS Web o Con e ences. 2021. (100). P. 2008.
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The heo e ical basis o he s udy o ph aseological equi alence o p o e bs is
de eloped on he basis o ounding scien i ic esea ch in he heo y o ph ases, and i
will help o compa e Tu kish and Uzbek sleep p o e bs
1
. Such basic concep s a e
c ucial o us o be able o dis inguish be ween he uni e sal cogni i e mechanisms
esponsible o c ea i i y in p o e bs and cul u e-speci ic in e p e a ions, which in u n
can dis inguish p o e bs ac oss languages
2
. This a icle will add ess he
me hodological di icul ies aced by a schola in a emp ing o s udy p o e bs c oss-
cul u ally, including ques ions o ansla ion, cul u al con ex , and hei sub le ies o
meaning ha may be los o al e ed because o linguis ic and cul u al bounda ies.
Ne e heless, a cau ious me hodological a i ude, including he one p oposed by
Miede , can help o e eal how p o e bs mi o deeply oo ed cul u al alues and he
wo ld iew o a socie y, going beyond language dis inc ions
3
. In ac , he complex
nexus o language and cul u e makes p o e bs o en implici ly e lec co e social
expec a ions and powe ela ions asc ibed by socie y, e en i he meaning is no s a ed
explici ly
4
. Ph aseological in o man s in gene al, and wise sayings o p o e bs in
pa icula , ha e been acknowledged as in e es ing subjec s o linguis ic analysis ha
e lec he his o y o a peopleʼs li e, cul u e, and ou look, cus oms, and men al habi s –
i embodies he na ional cha ac e
5
. I is his b oad iew o hings ha e eals he
p o e bs as a aluable sou ce o s udy collec i e memo y and na ional iden i y.
Fu he mo e, he impo ance o p o e bs as essen ial componen s in p ese ing cul u e
and passing on basic mo al alues om one gene a ion o ano he demons a es hei
ole in shaping he collec i e consciousness o a communi y o socie y
6
. They
con ibu e no only o he o ma ion o wo ld pe cep ion and conse a ion o way o
li e, bu also hey se e as he embodimen o he cul u e du ing hei exis ing holidays
7
.
In his iew, p o e bs a e comp essed ep esen a ions o cul u al knowledge ha can
p o ide in o ma ion on social o de s o in e g oup ela ions
8
. Thus, i is consis en wi h
in e p e a ions obse ing p o e bs as “cul u al ex ” exp essing a communi yʼs
wo ld iew and alue sys ems. This pe spec i e is ein o ced by hose such as Schwa z-
F iesel who main ain ha pa emiology, he s udy o p o e bs, mus be in e ms o
cul u e so ha p o e bs hemsel es can se e as mi o s whe ein cul u al me apho s,
schemas, and ca ego ies a e e lec ed. Fo example, p o e bs used by one gene a ion
1
To a A.P. Explo ando la pa icula idad de los e anes: un análisis con as i o en e español y ca alán en el ámbi o de
la amilia y la amis ad // FRASEOLEX Re is a In e nacional de F aseología y Lexicología. 2023. (2). P. 40.
2
Manakin V. P o e b commonali ies in di e en languages and i s applica ion o Asian Paci ic communica ion // Jou nal
o Asian Paci ic Communica ion. 2015. № 1 (25). P. 97.; Mohammed T.M.Q., Abdullah I.H. Uni e sali y and Language
Speci ici y: E idence om A ab and English P o e bs // In e na ional jou nal o compa a i e li e a u e and ansla ion
s udies. 2021. № 1 (9). P. 24.
3
Kuchkino K.K., Ku bano a D.B., Shoinaza o a V.K. Linguocul u al Peculia i ies o English P o e bs and Thei Uzbek
Equi alen s. // Theo e ical & Applied Science. 2020. № 10 (90). P. 38.
4
Ra ushnaya E.R., Zhapa kulo a N.N., Kazachuk I.G., e al. Linguocul u ological Speci ic Fea u es O Ph aseological
Uni s And Pa emias In Mul i-S uc u al Languages // The Eu opean P oceedings o Social & Beha iou al Sciences. 2022.
5
Chulano a H.V., Vnuchko a V. English Ph aseological Uni s as Rep esen a i es o Na ional and Cul u al Speci ici y //
Fìlologìčnì ak a i. 2023. № 2 (15). P. 39.
6
Kuchkino K.K., Ku bano a D.B., Shoinaza o a V.K. Linguocul u al Peculia i ies o English P o e bs and Thei Uzbek
Equi alen s. // Theo e ical & Applied Science. 2020. № 10 (90). P. 38.
7
Mux a o a M.F. C oss-Cul u al Analysis: Rep esen a ion o Some Aspec s o a Pa en -Child Rela ionship (on he
Examples o English and Uzbek P o e bs) // SHS Web o Con e ences. 2021. (100). P. 2008.
8
Sa senbae a Z.J., U ebae T.T. Role o Ph aseology in De eloping Communica i e Compe ence. // EPRA In e na ional
Jou nal o Mul idisciplina y Resea ch (IJMR). 2020. P. 47.
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can be qui e di e en han hose employed by ano he wi hin he same cul u e, hus
ans e ing complex, abs ac ideas ha a e no always di ec ly exp essed in
con empo a y con e sa ion
1
. This con inui y o he in e gene a ional ans e
unde sco es i s sus ained u ili y in ansmi ing nuanced cul u al wisdom
2
.
On he basis o abo e, I desc ibe he esul s o a sys emic analysis o Tu kish and
Uzbek sleep p o e bs by ocusing pa icula ly on hema ic clus e s, lexical pa e ns,
and seman ic schema. These indings will hen be c i ically assessed, ollowed by a
deba e abou au ho i y and obedience and esis ance as ep esen ed in he p o e bial
sayings om bo h cul u es. This compa ison highligh s he way cul u al alues and
social dynamics a e embedded in hem, a o ding insigh s in o hei in luence on how
people pe cei e sleep on a socie al le el. Mo eo e , he s udy will conside di e ences
in p o e b s uc u e and hema ic ocus as exp essi e o cul u al unde s anding o sleep
hygiene and i s socie al s akes. Addi ionally, he analysis will conside he linguis ic
and s uc u al ea u es o hese p o e bs o explo e how he o ical de ices and s ylis ic
ea u es wo k oge he o lend hei pe suasi e o ce and signi icance wi hin oneʼs
cul u e
3
. In pa icula , a hema ic analysis will highligh o e eal unde lying pa e ns
and ecu ing images om he ga he ed olklo e in o de o help be e unde s and hei
cul u al/his o ical signi icance o such igu a i e speech
4
.
This will include an analysis o how sleep- ela ed sayings in Tu kish and Uzbek
cul u es exp ess implici ly o explici ly social hie a chy and indi idual submission o
ebellion
5
. The indings a e epo ed on de ailed hema ic maps and in he o m o
lexical equency analyses indica ing how o en ce ain hemes wi hin each cul u al
con ex we e ound as ecu en o ela ed o one ano he
6
. This quan i a i e me hod,
when ead h ough quali a i e he meneu ics, will yield an unde s anding o he s eal h
ope a ion o p o e bs as a chi ing ese oi s o cul u al no ms – guiding o ces in
socie y ega ding au ho i y and beha io – and channels de e mining he cou se o
indi idual li e.
This examina ion has demons a ed, h ough i s a ie y o me hods and i s
hough ully jux aposed analyses, how sleep p o e bs in Tu kish and Uzbek a e
condensed eposi o ies no jus o cul u al knowledge bu also o he social no ms ha
su ound au ho i y, obedience, and esis ance. The esul s demons a e ha such
linguis ic cons uc s, beyond hei supe icial simplici y, index deep-sea ed socio-
cul u al dynamics in which uni e sal human expe iences and cul u e-speci ic powe
no ions a e e lec ed. Mo e speci ically, hema ic analyses indica e ha he e a e clea
pa e ns in he way sleep-as-human-expe ience is used o bo h suppo and call in o
1
Singh R. Niedzwiedzia P zysluga?Bea ’s Fa o ? Hidden Ga den behind he Conc e e P o e bs: Cogni i e-Seman ic
Analysis o P o e bs in Pe sian, Polish and Spanish // English Linguis ics Resea ch. 2019. № 1 (8). P. 20.
2
Ismail K.B.K. The Use o P o e bs and Idioma ic Exp essions in Chinua Achebe’s ‘No Longe a Ease’ and ‘A ow o
God’ // Sume ianz Jou nal o Educa ion Linguis ics and Li e a u e. 2021. № 41. P. 10.
3
Ismaili J.K. P oblema ic A eas in he T ansla ion o P o e bs // Jou nal o Cul u al and Religious S udies. 2018. № 11
(6).
4
Esli E.R. Resilience o Philippine Folklo e: An Endu ing He i age and Legacy o he 21s Cen u y // In e na ional
Jou nal o Educa ion Language and Religion. 2023. № 1 (5). P. 9.
5
Tu suno a D.A. The Meaning and Usage o Family Rela ed Quo es in English Language // Cu en Resea ch Jou nal o
Philological Sciences. 2022. № 5 (3). P. 16.
6
Baun ig K.F. F om Numbe s o Na a i es: Wo d Embeddings and Seman ic G aphs as He meneu ic S a egies in
Tex ual Analysis // Resea ch Po al Denma k. 2025. P. 32.
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ques ion hie a chical o de s and indi idual agency wi hin hese socie ies. This
compa a i e app oach also illus a ed how hese p o e bs cons i u e an in e es ing ool
o add essing he pas and p esen de elopmen o he G eek social model in gene al
(sou ces o knowledge be ween gene a ions on beha io and social oles).
Fu he mo e, his s udy shows ha p o e bs a e elemen s o in angible cul u al
he i age and es i y o a peopleʼs long- e m collec i e memo y and embed he
cul u e/language speci ici ies om one gene a ion o ano he . They u he con ibu e
an in e es ing pe spec i e on he dicho omy in concep ualiza ion s a egies be ween
uni e sal and ela i e by showing ha e en wi hin a uni o m (cul u al) con ex
a ia ion is ound. Fu he esea ch migh in es iga e he p agma ic uses and unc ions
o such p o e bs and how hey a e used in discou se o make sugges ions, pe suade, o
e en c i icize indi ec ly o shed ligh on hei use as a means o in e pe sonal
communica ion and social con ol.
Re e ences
1. Lomo ey B.A., Csajbok-Twe e ou I. A p agma ic and sociolinguis ic analysis
o p o e bs ac oss languages and cul u es // Jou nal o P agma ics. 2021. (182). P. 86.
2. Ramlan M.N. Compa a i e E hnolinguis ics on Me apho ical In e p e a ions in
Japanese Ko owaza and Malay P o e bs // IZUMI. 2021. № 2 (10). P. 221.
3. Toan L.N. Symbolic Language and Image y in Fo ma ing, P ese ing, and
T ansmi ing Cul u al Values h ough Vie namese P o e bs // In e na ional Jou nal o
Religion. 2024. № 3 (5). P. 547.
4. Mux a o a M.F. C oss-Cul u al Analysis: Rep esen a ion o Some Aspec s o
a Pa en -Child Rela ionship (on he Examples o English and Uzbek P o e bs) // SHS
Web o Con e ences. 2021. (100). P. 2008.
5. To a A.P. Explo ando la pa icula idad de los e anes: un análisis con as i o
en e español y ca alán en el ámbi o de la amilia y la amis ad // FRASEOLEX Re is a
In e nacional de F aseología y Lexicología. 2023. (2). P. 40.
6. Manakin V. P o e b commonali ies in di e en languages and i s applica ion
o Asian Paci ic communica ion // Jou nal o Asian Paci ic Communica ion. 2015. №
1 (25). P. 97.
7. Mohammed T.M.Q., Abdullah I.H. Uni e sali y and Language Speci ici y:
E idence om A ab and English P o e bs // In e na ional jou nal o compa a i e
li e a u e and ansla ion s udies. 2021. № 1 (9). P. 24.
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Peculia i ies o English P o e bs and Thei Uzbek Equi alen s. // Theo e ical &
Applied Science. 2020. № 10 (90). P. 38.
9. Ra ushnaya E.R., Zhapa kulo a N.N., Kazachuk I.G., e al.
Linguocul u ological Speci ic Fea u es O Ph aseological Uni s And Pa emias In
Mul i-S uc u al Languages // The Eu opean P oceedings o Social & Beha iou al
Sciences. 2022.
10. Chulano a H.V., Vnuchko a V. English Ph aseological Uni s as
Rep esen a i es o Na ional and Cul u al Speci ici y // Fìlologìčnì ak a i. 2023. № 2
(15). P. 39.
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Communica i e Compe ence. // EPRA In e na ional Jou nal o Mul idisciplina y
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12. Singh R. Niedzwiedzia P zysluga?Bea ʼs Fa o ? Hidden Ga den behind he
Conc e e P o e bs: Cogni i e-Seman ic Analysis o P o e bs in Pe sian, Polish and
Spanish // English Linguis ics Resea ch. 2019. № 1 (8). P. 20.
13. Ismail K.B.K. The Use o P o e bs and Idioma ic Exp essions in Chinua
Achebeʼs ʼNo Longe a Easeʼ and ʼA ow o Godʼ // Sume ianz Jou nal o Educa ion
Linguis ics and Li e a u e. 2021. № 41. P. 10.
14. Ismaili J.K. P oblema ic A eas in he T ansla ion o P o e bs // Jou nal o
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Legacy o he 21s Cen u y // In e na ional Jou nal o Educa ion Language and
Religion. 2023. № 1 (5). P. 9.
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Language // Cu en Resea ch Jou nal o Philological Sciences. 2022. № 5 (3). P. 16.
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