Utterances of Husseini Rituals: Situation-bound Pragmemes

Basim Jubair Kadhim

Abstract: The present paper deals with Husseini rituals as pragmemes in situations-bound utterances. The use of such pragmems has its own pragmatic functions. Based on theories of pragmatic acts, arguments that maintain the connection of pragmatic acts to religious discourse and regarding funerary rituals as pragmemes, the paper addresses the issue of whether utterances used in Husseini rituals which represent pragmatic acts are only utilized in Husseini events and contexts or there are other contexts in which these utterances are employed, meaning that utterances that are used in Hussein rituals are usually used in other related ceremonies. However, some social and conventional constraints hinder such use and turn it peculiar to Hussein contexts. Following a communicative test and other procedures to verify what has been hypothesized in regards to the issue that this paper addresses, some conclusions are drawn after analyzing some commonly used Husseini utterances. In addition to other conclusions, utterances used in Husseini rituals are situation-bound ones that are employed for pragmatics functions called - after the present study- Husseini Pragmemes.

Keywords: Pragmemes, Situation-bound Utterance, Husseini Rituals

Edition: Volume 6 Issue 3, March 2017,

Pages: 1220 - 1226