AGENTIVE VALENCY IN UZBEK PHRASEOLOGICAL UNITS (ON THE MATERIAL OF ISAJON SULTON’S STORIES)

Abstract

This article explores the agentive valency of phraseological units in the Uzbek language, with particular attention to the ways the subject of action is expressed within phraseological structures. The study shows that agentive valency is commonly realized through subject or attributive positions, but may also appear in object positions or remain implicit and contextually inferred. It is argued that phraseological units differ from free verbs in their valency behavior: when functioning as predicates in simple sentence-pattern constructions, their agentive component is often expressed indirectly through genitive forms, oblique cases, or possessive markers rather than through a canonical grammatical subject. These features highlight the structural and functional specificity of Uzbek phraseology.