Semantic Conflict

This monograph examines semantic conflict-that is, the linguistic manifestations of contradictory meaning-from a comparative perspective between French and Uzbek. It analyzes cases in which the same linguistic unit can express opposite meanings depending on the context, at the lexical, phraseological, discursive, pragmatic, and stylistic levels. In particular, the work examines enantiosemy, antiphrasis, irony, oxymorons, morphological ambiguities, and mechanisms of contextual disambiguation. By drawing on lexical semantics, cognitive semantics, pragmatics, semiotics, and contrastive linguistics, this research proposes an integrated theoretical framework for understanding the formation, functioning, and interpretation of contradictory meaning. The comparison between French and Uzbek highlights universal mechanisms as well as typological and cultural specificities. The monograph thus contributes to general semantics, translation studies, bilingual lexicography, and language teaching.