Stylistic And Pragmatic Functions Of Nominative Sentences In Uzbek And English Discourse

Abstract

This article examines the stylistic and pragmatic functions of nominative sentences in Uzbek and English discourse from a comparative-typological perspective. The study focuses on onemember constructions whose communicative organization is primarily based on naming a person, object, place, event, state, or conceptual phenomenon without an explicit finite predicate. Particular attention is paid to the role of nominative sentences in literary, publicistic, conversational, and descriptive discourse. The analysis demonstrates that such constructions are not merely structurally incomplete clauses but function as meaningful communicative units capable of foregrounding information, creating imagery, expressing evaluation, directing attention, and organizing discourse. The comparison reveals both universal pragmatic tendencies and language-specific stylistic patterns. In Uzbek, nominative constructions frequently interact with contextual ellipsis, expressive intonation, and culturally marked discourse strategies, whereas English makes extensive use of nominal structures in headlines, descriptions, captions, and literary foregrounding. The findings contribute to a broader understanding of how grammatical form, stylistic choice, and communicative intention interact in the two languages.