PRESUPPOSITION TRIGGERS IN ENGLISH AND UZBEK: A COMPARATIVE LINGUISTIC ANALYSIS

Kurbanov Elbek

Authors

Kurbanov Elbek Andijan State Institute of Foreign Languages

Keywords:

presupposition trigger, pragmatics, comparative linguistics, English, Uzbek, discourse analysis.

Abstract

This article investigates the linguistic nature of presupposition triggers in English and Uzbek from a comparative perspective. Presupposition triggers are linguistic elements that introduce background assumptions into discourse without expressing them explicitly. The study examines the principal categories of presupposition triggers, including existential, factive, lexical, structural, non-factive, and counterfactual triggers, and analyzes their realization in two typologically different languages. The findings demonstrate that although English and Uzbek employ different grammatical resources, they share common pragmatic mechanisms in activating presupposed information. The research contributes to comparative pragmatics and provides useful implications for discourse analysis, translation studies, and language teaching.

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