Linguopragmatic Analysis of Speech Acts

Abstract

This article investigates the pragmatic structure of request speech acts across English, Uzbek, and Karakalpak languages. Drawing upon Paul Grice’s Cooperative Principle, Sperber and Wilson’s Relevance Theory, and AnnaTrosborg’s classification of request strategies, the study highlights the contextual, cultural, and inferential dynamics that shape request formulations in these three linguistic and cultural environments. Examples from authentic dialogues and pedagogical sources reveal significant cross-cultural variation in politeness, indirectness, and inferential load. The findings support the notion that pragmatic competence is deeply culture-specific, especially in the realm of politeness and indirect speech acts.