MANIFESTATION OF THE CONCEPT OF PRAISE IN UZBEK COMMUNICATIVE CULTURE

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This article examines the conceptualization and manifestation of praise within Uzbek communicative culture, focusing on its sociolinguistic, pragmatic, and cultural dimensions. Praise in Uzbek society operates not only as a linguistic act but also as a culturally embedded mechanism for maintaining social harmony, reinforcing interpersonal solidarity, and expressing respect. The research draws on discourse analysis, ethnographic observation, and cross-cultural pragmatics to identify distinctive patterns of Uzbek praise strategies such as indirectness, ritualized modesty, metaphorical expressions, age-related norms, and gender-sensitive communicative behaviors. Findings indicate that praise in Uzbek culture often functions as a tool of positive politeness, moral evaluation, and community identity construction, while also being shaped by religious, historical, and socio-traditional norms. The study contributes to the broader understanding of Central Asian communicative practices and provides implications for intercultural communication, translation studies, and foreign language pedagogy.