RESPECT AS A SCALAR PRAGMATIC CATEGORY: BOUNDARIES AND DEGREES IN UZBEK AND ENGLISH DISCOURSE
Keywords:
respect, scalar category, pragmatics, politeness, Uzbek language, English language, discourse, gradation., hurmat, gradatsion kategoriya, pragmatika, xushmuomalalik, o‘zbek tili, ingliz tili, diskurs, darajalanish.Abstract
This paper explores respect as a scalar pragmatic category manifested through varying degrees and context-dependent boundaries in Uzbek and English discourse. While respect has traditionally been treated as a component of politeness or a sociolinguistic variable, this study argues that it functions as a gradable phenomenon that operates along a continuum rather than within fixed categorical limits. The research adopts a comparative-pragmatic approach to analyze linguistic means expressing respect across lexical, grammatical, and discourse levels.
Mazkur maqolada hurmat tushunchasi o‘zbek va ingliz tillari diskursida turli darajalarda namoyon bo‘ladigan hamda kontekstga bog‘liq chegaralarga ega bo‘lgan gradatsion pragmatik kategoriya sifatida tahlil qilinadi. An’anaviy yondashuvlarda hurmat ko‘pincha xushmuomalalik (politeness) tarkibiy qismi yoki sotsiolingvistik o‘zgaruvchi sifatida talqin qilingan bo‘lsa-da, ushbu tadqiqotda u qat’iy kategoriyalarga emas, balki uzluksiz continuum asosida amal qiluvchi darajalanadigan hodisa sifatida asoslanadi. Tadqiqotda leksik, grammatik va diskurs darajalarida hurmatni ifodalovchi lingvistik vositalar qiyosiy-pragmatik yondashuv asosida tahlil qilinadi.
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