Linguopoetic Features of Antonymous Units in the Work “Mahbub Ul-Qulub”
Keywords:
antonym, antonymic unity, opposite meaning, linguopoetics, literary text, contrast, Alisher NavoiAbstract
The article analyzes the antonyms used in Alisher Navoi's work "Mahbub ul-qulub" from a linguopoetic perspective. It is shown that antonyms in prose texts not only express lexical opposition, but also perform the functions of revealing the author's moral and philosophical views, creating figurative comparisons, and strengthening didactic thought. The analysis focuses on the stylistic value of such pairs in the text as good-evil, justice-cruelty, knowledge-ignorance, generosity-stinginess, friend-enemy.
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