Good wishes and praises are two commonly observed speech acts across many languages. These utterances represent a significant linguistic category through which speakers express their internal emotions and evaluative attitudes toward the interlocutor. Due to the distinctive nature of these expressions, scholars have analyzed them from a range of linguistic and extralinguistic perspectives, including religious frameworks. Numerous theoretical arguments and interpretative models have been proposed to examine and critically assess the structure and function of such utterances in various contexts. The semantic interpretation of these expressions largely depends on shared background knowledge and socio-cultural understanding between the speaker and the listener. While some languages possess a limited repertoire of good wishes and praise expressions, others—such as Uzbek—demonstrate a rich inventory of such utterances, which are frequently used in everyday communication. This article investigates good wishes and praises as complex speech acts, analyzing their communicative functions through theoretical frameworks and contemporary linguistic research. By exploring these acts across diverse cultural and linguistic contexts, with particular emphasis on Uzbek discourse, the study reveals the intricate mechanisms underlying positive linguistic expressions.

Speech acts, prаgmаtics, good wishes

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