THE FORMATION AND EVOLUTION OF NEWSPAPER DISCOURSE IN WORLD AND UZBEK LINGUISTICS: METHODOLOGICAL FOUNDATIONS

Abstract

In modern linguistics, the concept of discourse implies studying language units not only structurally but also in terms of their communicative function, socio-cultural c ontext, and operation within the process of speech activity. From this perspective, newspaper discourse is considered an important linguistic phenomenon that is formed within the framework of mass media and reflects the social-political, cultural, and ideological processes of society. Newspaper discourse is a complex communicative process carried out through newspaper texts, which is analyzed in conjunction with the text’s lexical-semantic, syntactic, and stylistic structure, as well as the author’s position, the factor of the addressee, genre features, and the social situation. Unlike traditional grammar and structural linguistics, discourse analysis is aimed at studying language units not in isolation, but in a real communicative environment, in the process of meaning creation and interpretation. In this, the social function of language, the mechanism of information transmission, ideological load, and persuasive qualities are of significant importance. Newspaper discourse is considered an important source in studying the interaction between language and society precisely because of these aspects.