This study examines the process of morphological integration of English loanwords in Uzbek, a process that highlights the typological differences between the two languages. While English words are widely borrowed into Uzbek, their use in authentic texts is often not in their original form. Using a small corpus of authentic Uzbek online news and blog posts, this research analyzes the frequency of English loanwords and the extent to which they are adapted with Uzbek suffixes. The findings reveal that a considerable number of these loanwords are not used as isolated vocabulary items but are systematically integrated into the Uzbek grammatical system. The most common suffixes identified serve key grammatical functions, such as pluralization and case marking. This morphological adaptation demonstrates how Uzbek's agglutinative structure molds borrowed words to conform to its own grammatical rules. The study concludes that understanding this process is crucial for both comparative linguistics and for second language pedagogy, as it underscores a key challenge for English-speaking learners of Uzbek.

morphological integration, English loanwords, Uzbek language, agglutinative language, linguistic typology, language borrowing, morphological adaptation, grammatical function.

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