PRAGMATIC STRATEGIES IN RENDERING EMOTIONAL EXPRESSIONS: BASED ON RITHVIK SINGH'S I DON'T LOVE YOU ANYMORE

Ochilova Shakhnoza Mamarajab qizi, Ramazonov Shohruh Nusratillo o’g’li

Authors

Ochilova Shakhnoza Mamarajab qizi, Ramazonov Shohruh Nusratillo o’g’li Termez state university

Keywords:

pragmatics, emotional expressions, speech acts, conversational implicature, pragmatic equivalence, English-Uzbek translation, literary translation, somatic metaphor

Abstract

This article investigates the pragmatic dimensions of translating emotional expressions from English into Uzbek, drawing on textual material from Rithvik Singh's I Don't Love You Anymore. The study examines how speech acts, conversational implicature, somatic metaphor, and politeness mechanisms operate in emotionally charged literary discourse, and how these features pose specific challenges when rendered into Uzbek. The analysis demonstrates that pragmatic equivalence — the preservation of illocutionary force and implied emotional meaning — must serve as the guiding principle in literary translation of this kind, and that purely lexical or structural approaches are insufficient for capturing the affective depth of the original text.

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