Uzbekistan state world languages university d. U. Ashurova m. R. Galieva

Water is calm and harmonious

There's something about water that washes away the cares of the mind and heart (P. R. Woodruff); The ocean is a mighty harmonist (W. Wordsworth); Water is peaceful. I am at rest. In the water, I am safe and pulled in where I can't get out. Everything slows down – the noise and the racing of my thoughts (J. Niven); Heavy hearts, like heavy clouds in the sky, are best relieved by the letting of a little water (Ch. Morley); Where the waters do agree, it is quite wonderful the relief they give (Jane Austen).

So, a short cross-cultural analysis of concept “Water/Сув” in the English and Uzbek languages has proved that its dictionary meanings and conceptual features, representing its evaluative component mostly coincide. It is accounted for by the fact that Water is a universal concept represented in all linguocultures and understood as a source of life on the Earth. However, there are some nationally specific features concerning its verbalization and functions.