PRAGMATIC EQUIVALENCE AND LINGUACULTURAL MEDIATION IN ENGLISH–UZBEK MEDIA DISCOURSE TRANSLATION

Abstract

This thesis examines the problem of pragmatic equivalence and linguocultural mediation in the translation of English–Uzbek media discourse from a functional-pragmatic perspective. The study is grounded in contemporary discourse-pragmatic theories which view meaning not as a fixed linguistic entity but as a contextually constructed phenomenon shaped by communicative intent, inferential processes, and socio-cultural knowledge systems. It is argued that media discourse is characterized by a high degree of pragmatic density, where implicit meaning, evaluative stance, and ideological positioning are frequently encoded through indirect linguistic mechanisms such as implicature, presupposition, and framing. The analysis demonstrates that during the translation process, these pragmatic features are often subject to partial loss, reinterpretation, or functional shift due to asymmetries between English and Uzbek communicative norms and cultural schemas. Such phenomena lead to pragmatic non-equivalence, which cannot be adequately explained through formal linguistic mismatch alone. Instead, they reflect deeper linguocultural divergences that affect discourse interpretation at the cognitive and ideological levels. The study further argues that effective translation requires pragmatic mediation strategies aimed at reconstructing communicative intent and ensuring functional equivalence rather than structural correspondence.