A socio-pragmatic comparative study of age factor in the transmission and reception of information in english and uzbek cultures

AbstractThe article below provides information about socio-pragmatics, socio-pragmatic analysis, the role of age factor in cross-cultural communication focusing on certain similarities and differences between the people of different age groups during the communication process. Uzbek peers call each other “do'stim” whether they are familiar or not which is in English equivalent for the word “friend”, usage of which only refers to someone you know well and like, but who is not a member of your family. In Uzbek culture people see the significance and role of age in terms of respect they deserve. They tend to think that how older the age of a person is, the wiser he is. So the element of age is closely intertwined with the amount of wisdom.

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