Socio-Pragmatic Manifestations of Civility in Surat Yusuf and Surat Aal Imran

Dr. Fareed Hameed Al-Hindawi & Dr. Mariam D. Saffah,

Department of English, College of Education, Islamic University, Babylon, Hillah, Iraq & Department of English, College of Education for Human Sciences, University of Babylon, Hillah, Iraq

It has been suggested that civility concerns the norms of etiquette and politeness. It entails speaking and acting in ways that are in accordance with these norms. Moreover, it has been noticed that civility prevails in different fields and various contexts including the Holy Quran. However, this issue has not been given its due research attention, especially from a socio-pragmatic perespective. Hence, the present study attempts to bridge this gap in the literature by investigating it in Surat Yusuf and Surat the Family of Imran. Precisely, this study attempts to do this task by answering the following questions: What are the socio-pragmatic aspects of civility in Surat Yusuf and Surat the Family of Imran? And what are the pragmatic strategies utilized to manifest those socio-pragmatic aspects? It has been proven by the examples selected for the analysis that the pragmatic notion of civility is one of the basic characteristics in Surat Yusuf and Surat the Family of Imran.

Keywords: Civility, Politeness, Etiquette, Holy Quran, Strategies

The above abstract is a part of the article which was accepted at The Ninth International Conference on Languages, Linguistics, Translation and Literature (WWW.LLLD.IR), 1-2 February 2024, Ahwaz.