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This study investigates the pragmatic functions of kinship address terms and associated politeness strategies in bilingual Uzbek-English movie dialogues. Using a qualitative comparative approach, the research examines how kinship terms such as "aka," "opa" in Uzbek and "brother," "sister," or "elder" in English function as markers of politeness, hierarchy, and social relations. Drawing on speech act theory (Austin, 1962; Searle, 1975), politeness frameworks (Brown & Levinson, 1987; Leech, 2014), and media discourse analysis (Bednarek, 2018; Culpeper, 2021), this paper identifies patterns of indirectness, deference, and egalitarianism. Findings reveal that Uzbek dialogues employ kinship terms extensively as face-saving strategies, whereas English dialogues rely on modal politeness and hedging. The study contributes to intercultural pragmatics and offers insights into subtitling, translation, and cross-cultural communication education.
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