Linguo-Pragmatic Analysis Of Historical Terms In Amir Temur’s Speech

Аннотация

This article presents a linguo-pragmatic analysis of the historical speech of Amir Temur as depicted in Muhammad Ali’s novel Buyuk Saltanat. Through the historical vocabulary, military terminology, and religious- philosophical concepts used in the character's speech, the study reveals aspects of medieval military strategy, psychological influence, social stratification, and communicative intentions. The research identifies underlying meanings and presuppositions, and compares the semantics of historical terms. The analysis highlights the semantic load, illocutionary force, and cultural relevance of speech units within their historical context. The study contributes to illustrating the relationship between language and thought through the examination of historical texts. Keywords: Amir Temur, historical vocabulary, linguo-pragmatics, military speech, Buyuk Saltanat, cultural context. language choices, the illocutionary force of speech acts, Introduction: The portrayal of historical figures in and their functional significance within the broader literary works serves not only aesthetic purposes but cultural and historical context. This approach facilitates also reflects deeper communicative and socio- an understanding of the mechanisms of literary ideological intentions. In Muhammad Ali’s novel Buyuk communication between author and reader in Saltanat, the historical speeches of Amir Temur historical fiction. function as a key narrative device through which the author advances his pragmatic objectives. Specifically, The portrayal of historical figures in literary texts the integration of historical lexical units, military reflects not only their political or military activity but terminology, and religious-philosophical concepts into also plays a significant role in shaping the author’s Temur’s speech illustrates the author’s intent to convey worldview, the ideological stance of the era, and the the values, worldview, and strategic thinking of the construction of national memory. In particular, the medieval era to a contemporary readership. depiction of Amir Temur in Muhammad Ali’s novel Buyuk Saltanat serves as a vivid literary manifestation The author’s pragmatic orientation is manifested in two of Uzbek historical consciousness. The novel presents principal dimensions: first, to harmonize historical Temur’s political leadership, military genius, state- authenticity with artistic expressiveness in constructing building strategies, and moral-ethical character from a vivid and influential national hero; and second, to the perspective of national pride and cultural values. foster a sense of historical consciousness and cultural pride through the strategic use of language. The MAIN PART lexemes selected by the author—particularly those In constructing Temur’s image, the author aims to carrying military, political, and spiritual connotations— reveal not only the historical figure’s external actions are designed to activate presuppositions and evoke but also his internal psychological state through the emotional resonance in the reader’s perception. expressive power of language. Notably, the use of Therefore, this study aims to analyze the speech speech portraits, character-specific linguistic features, episodes attributed to Amir Temur in the novel through historical terms and expressions, phraseological units, a linguo-pragmatic lens. Particular emphasis is placed and stylistic devices all contribute to the artistic and on the communicative goals embedded in the author’s aesthetic elevation of Amir Temur’s persona. The International Journal Of Literature And Languages 133 https://theusajournals.com/index.php/ijll International Journal Of Literature And Languages (ISSN: 2771-2834) linguistic representation of Amir Temur in Buyuk carries cultural and pragmatic weight, reflecting the Saltanat demonstrates the author’s mastery of author's intention to construct a linguistically and language and his ability to convey historical thinking. historically authentic narrative voice. In particular, the speeches delivered by Amir Temur The passage under analysis depicts a pre-battle before battles encapsulate a significant linguo- situation, where the accumulation of military and pragmatic load, reflecting the socio-political context of socio-political vocabulary underscores the martial the medieval era and embodying the cultural mindset atmosphere surrounding Amir Temur’s leadership. The of the time. The following speech excerpt from the prevalence of military terminology is directly linked to novel serves as a clear example of this phenomenon: the biographical background of the protagonist, who spent much of his life engaged in warfare and strategic Oliy shon amirlarim(Commander or noble; high-ranking campaigns. As such, the lexical selection in the speech military or administrative leader), burgutday olg‘ir corresponds to the context of military urgency and bahodirlarim(Brave warrior; often used to praise pragmatic decis