HOUSEHOLD RITUALS ACROSS SPANISH, ENGLISH, UZBEK, AND TURKISH LINGUOCULTURES

Abstract

Household rituals represent a vital intersection of language, culture, and everyday social practice. They encode shared values, social hierarchies, emotional bonds, and collective memory, while simultaneously shaping patterns of communication within the family and the wider community. This article presents a comparative linguocultural analysis of household rituals in Spanish, English, Uzbek, and Turkish linguocultures. Drawing on ethnolinguistics, cultural anthropology, and discourse analysis, the study examines how routine domestic practices—such as greeting rituals, mealtime customs, hospitality norms, life-cycle events, and ritualized speech acts—are linguistically framed and culturally interpreted. The analysis reveals both universal features of household rituals, including their role in reinforcing social cohesion and moral norms, and culture-specific characteristics shaped by history, religion, social structure, and linguistic worldview. The findings highlight the importance of household rituals as a key domain for understanding intercultural communication and the dynamic relationship between language and culture.