CROSS-CULTURAL PRAGMATICS IN ENGLISH AND UZBEK: SPEECH ACTS AND POLITENESS STRATEGIES

This thesis investigates speech acts and politeness models in English and Uzbek, determining requests, apologies, and compliments. According to Austin (1962) and Searle’s (1969) speech act theory, as well as Brown and Levinson’s (1987) politeness strategies, it analyzes how cultural norms, social hierarchy, and interpersonal connections can be reflected by linguistic choices. Based onvarious research, it is displayed that, English expresses explicit politeness markers integrated with indirectness, while Uzbek highlights contextual cues, honorifics, and culturally grounded indirectness to convey respect.