Structural-pragmatic realization of prohibitive speech acts in Roald dahl’s short stories “Lamb to the slaughter,” “The landlady,” and “Poison”

Hojiyeva Marjona To‘lqinovna

World of Philology · 2026-yil

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This study examines the structural and pragmatic manifestations of prohibitive speech acts in three short stories by Roald Dahl: Lamb to the Slaughter (1953), The Landlady (1959), and Poison (1950). Grounded in Searle’s (1969) Speech Act Theory and Brown and Levinson’s (1987) Politeness Theory, the analysis identifies four principal categories of prohibitive devices: explicit negative imperatives, deontic modal prohibitions, indirect/conversational prohibitions, and self- directed prohibitions. The findings demonstrate that Dahl strategically deploys prohibitive language not merely as a grammatical directive form, but as a mechanism for encoding power asymmetry, psychological manipulation, and narrative irony.

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MualliflarHojiyeva Marjona To‘lqinovna
JurnalWorld of Philology
NashriyotЎзбекистон давлат санъат ва маданият институтининг Фарғона минтақавий филиали
Nashr sanasi2026-09-11
Jild5
Son4
Betlar225-229
TilIngliz
Ilmiy sohaFilologiya
DOI10.70728/phil.v05.i04.039
Indeksga qo‘shilgan2026-09-13

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prohibitive speech acts, negative imperatives, deontic modality

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APAHojiyeva Marjona To‘lqinovna (2026). STRUCTURAL-PRAGMATIC REALIZATION OF PROHIBITIVE SPEECH ACTS IN Roald DAHL’S SHORT STORIES “LAMB TO THE SLAUGHTER,” “THE LANDLADY,” AND “POISON”. World of Philology, 5(4), 225-229. https://doi.org/10.70728/phil.v05.i04.039
GOST (OAK)Hojiyeva Marjona To‘lqinovna STRUCTURAL-PRAGMATIC REALIZATION OF PROHIBITIVE SPEECH ACTS IN Roald DAHL’S SHORT STORIES “LAMB TO THE SLAUGHTER,” “THE LANDLADY,” AND “POISON” // World of Philology. – 2026. – T. 5, № 4. – P. 225-229. – DOI: 10.70728/phil.v05.i04.039.
MLAHojiyeva Marjona To‘lqinovna. “STRUCTURAL-PRAGMATIC REALIZATION OF PROHIBITIVE SPEECH ACTS IN Roald DAHL’S SHORT STORIES “LAMB TO THE SLAUGHTER,” “THE LANDLADY,” AND “POISON”.” World of Philology, 5(4), 225-229, 2026. https://doi.org/10.70728/phil.v05.i04.039
ChicagoHojiyeva Marjona To‘lqinovna. “STRUCTURAL-PRAGMATIC REALIZATION OF PROHIBITIVE SPEECH ACTS IN Roald DAHL’S SHORT STORIES “LAMB TO THE SLAUGHTER,” “THE LANDLADY,” AND “POISON”.” World of Philology, 5(4), 225-229 (2026). https://doi.org/10.70728/phil.v05.i04.039
HarvardHojiyeva Marjona To‘lqinovna (2026) ‘STRUCTURAL-PRAGMATIC REALIZATION OF PROHIBITIVE SPEECH ACTS IN Roald DAHL’S SHORT STORIES “LAMB TO THE SLAUGHTER,” “THE LANDLADY,” AND “POISON”’, World of Philology, 5(4), 225-229. https://doi.org/10.70728/phil.v05.i04.039
BibTeX
@article{hojiyevamarjonatolqinovna2026,
  title = {STRUCTURAL-PRAGMATIC REALIZATION OF PROHIBITIVE SPEECH ACTS IN Roald DAHL’S SHORT STORIES “LAMB TO THE SLAUGHTER,” “THE LANDLADY,” AND “POISON”},
  author = {Hojiyeva Marjona To‘lqinovna},
  journal = {World of Philology},
  year = {2026},
  volume = {5},
  number = {4},
  pages = {225-229},
  doi = {10.70728/phil.v05.i04.039},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.70728/phil.v05.i04.039}
}

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