Yusupova Gulizebo is currently an independent researcher at Uzbekistan State University of World Languages, working on her PhD dissertation in Philology under the supervision of Professor Ra'no Urishevna Majidova. Her research topic is “Principles of Transliteration of English and Uzbek Toponyms” in the specialty 10.00.06 – Comparative Literature, Contrastive Linguistics, and Translation Studies.

Gulizebo Yusupova’s research is significant in terms of studying the linguistic-cognitive and transliteration peculiarities, as well as the structural, semantic, etymological, and orthoepic features of English and Uzbek toponyms.

The aim of Yusupova’s research is to conduct a comparative analysis of the structural and semantic-structural peculiarities of English and Uzbek toponyms, with the following objectives:

• To substantiate the linguistic-cultural significance of toponyms and clarify their etymology;
• To analyze English and Uzbek toponymic units using traditional methods and explore their interrelations through the study of their adaptation opportunities;
• To examine and compare the orthographic and orthoepic features in the toponymic systems of English and Uzbek;
• To study the cognitive-conceptual and cultural essence of toponyms in artistic texts.

The object of Gulizebo Yusupova’s research includes geographic names (toponyms) found in dictionaries and various sources in both oral and written literature in English and Uzbek.