PRAGMATIC AND COGNITIVE ASPECTS OF NEGATION IN ENGLISH AND UZBEK: A COMPARATIVE STUDY
Abstract
Negation plays a crucial role in human communication, shaping how individuals express denial, contradiction, politeness, and cognitive stance. This paper examines pragmatic and cognitive aspects of negation in English and Uzbek, focusing on speaker intention, politeness strategies, and mental processing. While English primarily relies on syntactic negation with auxiliaries, Uzbek frequently employs morphological and pragmatic negation with cultural emphasis on directness. The findings contribute to comparative linguistics and offer insights for English language teaching in Central Asia.
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