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2025-08-18
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THE PRAGMATIC DIMENSIONS OF SPEECH ACTS: A CROSS-LINGUISTIC PERSPECTIVE
Mukhamedjanov Sanjar Shukurullayevich
Department of Uzbek and foreign languages, Institute of social and political sciences, Tashkent, Uzbekistan
Keywords: speech acts, pragmatics, indirect communication, cross-cultural pragmatics, locutionary, illocutionary, and perlocutionary acts.
Abstract
This article examines the theory of speech acts, focusing on its application in Uzbek linguistics while drawing parallels with established Western frameworks by Austin (1975) and Searle (1969). The study explores the tripartite model of locutionary, illocutionary, and perlocutionary acts, with particular attention to indirect speech acts in Uzbek communication. Through analysis of Uzbek examples and comparative references to English speech act theory, the paper highlights culture-specific manifestations of performative utterances, directives, and expressive acts. The research demonstrates how pragmatic principles interact with linguistic structures across different speech communities, emphasizing the role of contextual factors and prosodic elements in utterance interpretation.
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