PRAGMATIC MISUNDERSTANDINGS IN INTERCULTURAL COMMUNICATION: ILLOCUTIVE ACTS IN ENGLISH AND UZBEK

Abstract

The study investigates the creation of pragmatic misunderstandings arising from the production and comprehension of illocutionary speech acts like requests, refusals, apologies, and commands in English and Uzbek. The results stress the need for pragmatic sensitivity in language learning, translation practice, and cross-cultural communication, as well as for more culturally aware approaches to speech act research. The study is a contribution to intercultural pragmatics and applied linguistics by way of a deeper insight into the cultural rationality of speech behavior in English and Uzbek discourse.