PRAGMATIC MARKERS AND POLITENESS STRATEGIES IN CHILDREN’S LITERARY DIALOGUE

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Published: 2025-12-05
DOI: https://doi.org/10.66073/ReFocus-Conf/531
Keywords:
pragmatic markers, politeness strategies, children's speech, literary discourse, communicative competence, linguistic pragmatics, stylistic analysis, English fiction, child character dialogue, discourse coherence

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Sarbayeva Dilnoza Shavkat qizi
UzSWLU Master student

Abstract

This research investigates the pragmatic markers and politeness strategies employed in
children’s literary dialogues, focusing on their communicative and stylistic functions in English fiction.
Drawing on theories of Grice, Brown and Levinson, and Schiffrin, the study analyzes selected dialogues
from Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, Matilda, and Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone. The
findings demonstrate that pragmatic markers such as well, oh, you know, and so enhance discourse
coherence and reflect children’s emotional attitudes, while politeness strategies serve to maintain social
harmony and display communicative competence. The study concludes that these pragmatic elements not
only contribute to the naturalness of fictional dialogues but also mirror real-life child interaction patterns,
revealing the interplay between linguistic form, cognition, and social behavior. 

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Vol. 1 No. 1 (2025): Republican scientific-practical conference on “New Paradigms in Science, Technology and Education”

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Sarbayeva Dilnoza Shavkat qizi. (2025). PRAGMATIC MARKERS AND POLITENESS STRATEGIES IN CHILDREN’S LITERARY DIALOGUE. Partner Conferences of the International Scientific Journal Research Focus, 1(1), 863-866. https://doi.org/10.66073/ReFocus-Conf/531

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