WORD-FORMATION CHARACTERISTICS OF LEXICAL UNITS OF TH SEMANTIC FIELD «TV» IN UZBEK AND ENGLISH LANGUAGES (EXAMPLE OF ABBREVIATIONS)

An abbreviation is a language unit used to express a long word or phrase in a short form. Abbreviations are widely used in the language to shorten words or phrases, simplify their pronunciation or generalize. They help  speed up language communication and increase efficiency. The article analyzes the lexical-semantic and structural  features of the lexical combinations of the semantic field «TV» in Uzbek and English (as an example of  abbreviations), and also focuses on the issues of studying abbreviations in linguistics.