Vol. 2 No. 4 (2026), Articles
Vol. 2 No. 4 (2026)

PRAGMATIC REALIZATION OF THE CONCEPT “SINCERITY” IN ENGLISH COMMUNICATIVE DISCOURSE

Articles
Published 2026-01-21
Xayrullayeva Nilufar Abdivaxob qizi
Master’s Student Uzbekistan State University of World Languages
Bozorov Ixtiyor Rahmatullayevich
(PhD) Department No/3 of Theoretical Aspects of English Language
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Keywords

sincerity, pragmatics, speech acts, discourse markers, stance, politeness, English discourse

Abstract

The article explores the pragmatic realization of the linguocultural concept “sincerity” in English communicative discourse. While sincerity is traditionally associated with moral or psychological states, this study treats it as an interactionally constructed phenomenon emerging through discourse practices and pragmatic inference. Drawing on classical speech act theory, conversational implicature, politeness theory, and discourse marker research, as well as recent studies, the article demonstrates that sincerity is not lexically encoded but inferred from contextualized speaker behavior. Special attention is given to sincerity in speech acts such as apologies, refusals, and promises, and to the role of stance adverbials and pragmatic markers. The findings confirm that sincerity in English functions as a context-sensitive stance shaped by accountability, face management, and interpersonal alignment.

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