PUBLICISTIC FEATURES OF ENGLISH-LANGUAGE TOURISM AND AVIATION ADVERTISING IN UZBEKISTAN: A DISCOURSE-ANALYTICAL STUDY
Adiba Kasimova
Associate Professor of the Department of Translation Theory and Practice
Keywords: advertising discourse; publicistic discourse; tourism promotion; aviation communication; nation branding; discourse analysis; intercultural communication; English-language advertising; Uzbekistan.
Abstract
The growing internationalization of Uzbekistan has significantly transformed English-language advertising into an important instrument of public communication that extends beyond commercial promotion. Tourism and aviation advertisements increasingly function as hybrid publicistic texts that simultaneously inform, persuade, construct national identity, and promote the country's international image. This study investigates the publicistic features of English-language advertising in Uzbekistan through a qualitative discourse analysis of promotional materials produced by Uzbekistan Tourism and Uzbekistan Airways. Drawing upon Critical Discourse Analysis, Functional Stylistics, and intercultural communication theory, the research examines lexical selection, stylistic devices, persuasive strategies, multicultural realia, and ideological meanings embedded within the advertisements. The analysis demonstrates that tourism and aviation campaigns integrate informative content with emotionally evaluative language, concise syntactic structures, imperative constructions, and culturally significant references that collectively represent Uzbekistan as a modern, hospitable, historically rich, and globally connected nation. Unlike conventional commercial advertising, the analyzed texts perform multiple communicative functions commonly associated with publicistic discourse, including informing international audiences about national reforms, encouraging intercultural dialogue, and supporting state branding initiatives. The findings further indicate a growing convergence between advertising and journalistic discourse, particularly in their shared reliance on factual information, positive evaluation, and persuasive communication aimed at shaping public opinion. By examining English-language promotional discourse within the context of an emerging multilingual society, the study contributes to research on publicistic stylistics, advertising discourse, intercultural communication, and nation branding. The results suggest that English-language tourism and aviation advertising has become an influential component of Uzbekistan's international communication strategy and serves as an effective mechanism for projecting a coherent and attractive national image to global audiences.
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