Pragmatic Dimensions of Deictics in Hadiths of The Prophet Unique to his Sahih, Muslim, Based on Selected Samples

Abstract

This research aimed to study the pragmatic dimensions of deictics in the Honorable Prophet's Hadiths which were narrated by Muslim in his Sahih (correct) Book. To achieve this objective, samples were selected and addressed in line with the pragmatic approach, considering that deictics are the most important concepts which study language in its contextual use because they connect between linguistic and contextual references, organize discourse between speakers and receivers, and analyse discourse. The prophetical Hadiths show that deictics were used in a supporting strategy in certain contexts to enable the speaker to convey his/her intentions and achieves his/her objectives. For this end, this paper has been ranged into four sections, proceeded by an introduction and followed by a conclusion. Section I was devoted to address the personal deictics, Section II was devoted to address time deictics, Section III was devoted to address place deictics, and Section IV was devoted to address social deictics. Then, a number of conclusions were revealed such as: first, deictics connect the text of prophetical Hadiths, contributing in forming a discourse structure base on intention criteria and context in line with the pragmatic competency of both speakers and receivers. Second, the deictics in the prophetical Hadiths deepened a social relationship between society members and treated social, religious, and psychological cases. That is, such deictics achieve various purposes such as appreciation, forbidding, kindness, etc.