PRAGMATIC FAILURES IN EXPRESSING RESPECT: EVIDENCE FROM ENGLISH-RUSSIAN CROSS-CULTURAL COMMUNICATION

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.69691/da52ke16

Keywords:

respect, pragmatic failure, politeness strategies, intercultural communication, English, Russian, communicative competence

Abstract

Respect plays a crucial role in successful interpersonal and intercultural communication. However, differences in linguistic norms and pragmatic conventions often lead to misunderstandings between speakers of different languages. This article examines pragmatic failures in expressing respect in English-Russian cross-cultural communication. The study aims to identify linguistic and cultural factors that cause misinterpretations of respect and to analyze how respect is pragmatically encoded in both languages. The findings suggest that pragmatic failures frequently arise from divergent politeness strategies, speech act realizations, and sociocultural expectations embedded in English and Russian communicative practices. The study emphasizes the importance of pragmatic awareness in developing intercultural communicative competence.

Author Biographies

  • Sabohatkhon Yusupova

    Associate professor, PhD, English philology department, Fergana State University

  • Kamolakhon Pulatova

    master’s student, Fergana State University

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Published

2026-01-30

Issue

Vol. 1 No. 76 (2026): Journal THE LIGHT OF CIVILIZATION

Section

10.00.00 - Philology

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PRAGMATIC FAILURES IN EXPRESSING RESPECT: EVIDENCE FROM ENGLISH-RUSSIAN CROSS-CULTURAL COMMUNICATION. (2026). Journal of Tamaddun Nuri, 1(76), 56-58. https://doi.org/10.69691/da52ke16