A Pragmatic Study of Deixis in Al- Imam Al-Sajjad ̛s Selected Religious Supplications

Abstract

Deixis refers to the uses of items and categories of lexicon and grammar governed by particular aspects of the interactional context in which utterances are produced. In brief, this study aims at (1)Clarifying the types of deixis utilized in Zayn Al Abidin's (علية السلام ) speech. (2-) Classifying sub-kinds of social deixis utilized in his speech. (3-) Pinpointing the most prevailing type of deixis that recognize his speech. Consequently, it hypothesizes that:(1-) only person, place,  and time deixis are used in Zayn Al Abidin's (علية السلام )speech. ( 2- ) Absolute deixis is used only as a kind of asocial deixis in his speech. (3-) Social deixis is the most dominant sort in his speech. Finally, It arrives at the following conclusions: Person, place, time, and social deixis used in his speech. Absolute  social deixis is only used in his speech as a type of social deixis. Social deixis is the most frequent sort of deixis  used by Zayn Al Abidin (علية السلام ).