AN ANALYSIS OF SOCIAL DEIXIS IN MARY BURRILL'S ONE-ACTPLAY "THEY THAT SIT IN DARKNESS": A PRAGMATIC STUDY

Authors

  • Ali Furqan Syed Lecturer, Department of English, University of Sialkot, Pakistan Author
  • Saira Sajid Ilm College for Girls Jauharabad Author
  • Haji Ahmad MPhil Scholar, Department of English, University of Lahore Sargodha Campus, Pakistan Author
  • Khalil Ahmad MPhil Scholar, Department of English, University of Sialkot, Pakistan Author

Keywords:

Deixis, Social Deixis, Relational deixis, Absolute Deixis

Abstract

The present study was about analyzing social deixis in Mary Burrills‟s one-act play “They That Sit in Darkness”
which aimed to explore relational and absolute deixis and explanation of referring expressions based on Theory
Cruse (2006) of about pragmatics and Levinson about social Deixis as the proponents of the theory in the one-act
play. Note taking technique was opted to collect the data after close reading. The study was delimited to the social
deixis in the play as twelve Social relational and four absolute deixis has been found after analyzing the text of the
play. Researcher suggests for future researchers to work qualitatively and quantitatively as it only focused on the
qualitative aspect of the analysis.

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Published

2021-10-01

Issue

Vol. 4 No. 4 (2021): jahan-e-tahqeeq

Section

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