Ironic Speech Acts in English and Uzbek: A Contrastive Pragmatic Analysis

Rakhimova, Feruzakhon, Рахимова, Ферузахон, Raximova, Feruzaxon

Хорижий лингвистика ва лингводидактика · 2026-yil

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The article offers a contrastive analysis of ironic speech acts in English and Uzbek. Irony has traditionally been treated as a stylistic trope resting on the reversal of meaning, yet the pragmatic approach allows it to be described as a purposeful communicative action endowed with illocutionary force. The study takes the inventory of illocutionary verbs as its point of departure: taunt, jibe, sneer, mock, hint and insinuate in English, and kinoya qilmoq, piching qilmoq, kesatmoq and shama qilmoq in Uzbek. Twelve dialogic fragments are examined – six from J. Austen's "Pride and Prejudice" and O. Wilde's "The Importance of Being Earnest", and six from Tohir Malik's trilogy "Shaytanat" – each described according to a uniform set of four parameters. The analysis establishes three shared properties: membership in the assertive class, a reactive position within dialogue, and complex illocution in the act of hinting. Two systematic divergences are also identified. English organises the field primarily along a scale of aggressiveness, with the irony–sarcasm opposition at its centre, whereas Uzbek differentiates its subtypes according to the target of evaluation and the mode of veiling. Furthermore, English signals ironic intent chiefly through manner adverbials, authorial commentary and stage directions, while Uzbek recruits interrogative and evidential morphology, so that irony in Uzbek is grammatically marked to a greater degree than in English.

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MualliflarRakhimova, Feruzakhon, Рахимова, Ферузахон, Raximova, Feruzaxon
JurnalХорижий лингвистика ва лингводидактика
NashriyotСамарқанд давлат чет тиллар институти
ISSN0000-0003, 4295-8199
Nashr sanasi2026-06-25
Jild4
Son6/S
Betlar385-395
TilIngliz
Ilmiy sohaFilologiya
DOI10.47689/2181-3701-vol4-iss6/s-pp385-395
Indeksga qo‘shilgan2026-08-26

DOI: 10.47689/2181-3701-vol4-iss6/s-pp385-395 · Maqolaning asl sahifasi

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сопоставительная прагматика, речевой акт, ирония, сарказм, иллокутивный глагол, иллокутивная сила, перлокуция, косвенный речевой акт, намёк, английский язык, узбекский язык, contrastive pragmatics, speech act, irony, sarcasm, illocutionary verb, illocutionary force, perlocution, indirect speech act, hint, English, Uzbek, qiyosiy pragmatika, nutqiy akt, ironiya, sarkazm, illokutiv fe’l, illokutiv kuch, perlokutsiya, bilvosita nutqiy akt, shama, ingliz tili, o‘zbek tili

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APARakhimova, Feruzakhon, Рахимова, Ферузахон, & Raximova, Feruzaxon (2026). Ironic Speech Acts in English and Uzbek: A Contrastive Pragmatic Analysis. Хорижий лингвистика ва лингводидактика, 4(6/S), 385-395. https://doi.org/10.47689/2181-3701-vol4-iss6/s-pp385-395
GOST (OAK)Rakhimova, Feruzakhon, Рахимова, Ферузахон, Raximova, Feruzaxon Ironic Speech Acts in English and Uzbek: A Contrastive Pragmatic Analysis // Хорижий лингвистика ва лингводидактика. – 2026. – T. 4, № 6/S. – P. 385-395. – DOI: 10.47689/2181-3701-vol4-iss6/s-pp385-395.
MLARakhimova, Feruzakhon, Рахимова, Ферузахон, and Raximova, Feruzaxon. “Ironic Speech Acts in English and Uzbek: A Contrastive Pragmatic Analysis.” Хорижий лингвистика ва лингводидактика, 4(6/S), 385-395, 2026. https://doi.org/10.47689/2181-3701-vol4-iss6/s-pp385-395
ChicagoRakhimova, Feruzakhon, Рахимова, Ферузахон, and Raximova, Feruzaxon. “Ironic Speech Acts in English and Uzbek: A Contrastive Pragmatic Analysis.” Хорижий лингвистика ва лингводидактика, 4(6/S), 385-395 (2026). https://doi.org/10.47689/2181-3701-vol4-iss6/s-pp385-395
HarvardRakhimova, Feruzakhon, Рахимова, Ферузахон, and Raximova, Feruzaxon (2026) ‘Ironic Speech Acts in English and Uzbek: A Contrastive Pragmatic Analysis’, Хорижий лингвистика ва лингводидактика, 4(6/S), 385-395. https://doi.org/10.47689/2181-3701-vol4-iss6/s-pp385-395
BibTeX
@article{rakhimovaferuzakhon2026,
  title = {Ironic Speech Acts in English and Uzbek: A Contrastive Pragmatic Analysis},
  author = {Rakhimova, Feruzakhon and Рахимова, Ферузахон and Raximova, Feruzaxon},
  journal = {Хорижий лингвистика ва лингводидактика},
  year = {2026},
  volume = {4},
  number = {6/S},
  pages = {385-395},
  doi = {10.47689/2181-3701-vol4-iss6/s-pp385-395},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.47689/2181-3701-vol4-iss6/s-pp385-395}
}

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