Comparative Analysis of Politeness Strategies in English and Uzbek: a Cross-Cultural Perspective"
Keywords:
politeness, cross-cultural communication, pragmatics, EnglishAbstract
A fundamental part of cross-cultural communication, courtesy shapes social contacts and linguistic expressions. The study examines how politeness is defined in English and Uzbek as well as how cultural standards influence courteous strategies. Leech's maxims and Brown and Levinson's politeness theory [1, p. 45] allow this research to investigate how positive and negative politeness strategies vary across the two languages. Unlike the more individualistic tendencies seen in English, Uzbek academics stress the group element of Uzbek language [2, p. 78]. This study provides a comparative viewpoint that helps us to understand civility in cross-cultural environments.
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