THE STRUCTURAL ORGANIZATION OF BILINGUAL LEARNER'S DICTIONARIES

The present article examines the structural organization of bilingual learner’s dictionaries with particular reference to English–Uzbek and Uzbek–English lexicographic practices. The study focuses on macrostructure, microstructure, and access structure as the core components determining dictionary functionality and communicative equivalence. Drawing on metalexicographic theories proposed by Gouws, Hausmann, Wiegand, Kromann et al., and Zöfgen, the paper analyses how different types of equivalence relations—especially congruence and divergence—are represented in bilingual learner’s dictionaries. A comparative approach is applied to reveal structural asymmetries between English–Uzbek and Uzbek–English dictionaries, demonstrating how insufficient treatment of semantic divergence and weak access structures hinder communicative equivalence for learners. The article argues for a user-oriented structural model that integrates enhanced access structures and context-based microstructural representation to improve dictionary usability in a multilingual educational context.