VERBAL AND NON-VERBAL MEANS IN COMIC TEXTS: A THEORETICAL AND PRAGMATIC APPROACH IN FRENCH AND UZBEK
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This article examines the theoretical and pragmatic foundations of verbal and non-verbal means in comic discourse. The research is based on the premise that comic meaning emerges through the interaction of linguistic units and extralinguistic resources, including gesture, facial expression, intonation, kinesics, proxemics, and visual–graphic elements. Drawing on pragmatic, semiotic, cognitive, and multimodal approaches, the study conceptualizes comic discourse as a complex communicative system in which humor, irony, and parody are generated through implicit meanings, presuppositions, implicatures, and communicative intentions. Particular attention is paid to the role of cultural and contextual factors in shaping comic interpretation, emphasizing that verbal and non-verbal means function differently across national communicative traditions. From a comparative perspective, the article outlines the theoretical principles relevant to the analysis of French and Uzbek comic texts and demonstrates how multimodal interaction contributes to their semantic and pragmatic coherence. This study provides a conceptual and methodological framework for the comparative and multimodal analysis of comic texts.
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