السِّياق المقامي وتوظيفه في بنية الخطاب (مقاربة تداوليَّة)

Abstract

The phenomenon of context has garnered significant attention from numerous scholars across various scientific and doctrinal orientations. It has contributed to elucidating the meaning contained in any discourse, whether linguistic, literary, or legal. This study is situated within the field of pragmatics, one of the contemporary linguistic approaches that focuses on directing meaning in linguistic texts, taking into account the speaker and the context. While syntax examines the relationship between signs, and semantics explores the relationship between signs and their references, pragmatics investigates the relationship between signs and their users. Therefore, pragmatic research must study the relationship between speech, text, and its situational context. In this research, we are particularly interested in the pragmatic context, also known as the situational context. The research falls within this framework, addressing the situational context—a pragmatic approach—that still raises some questions we aim to clarify according to linguistic scholars. This is followed by a terminological reading of the opinions expressed on the subject to elucidate the term. The elements of the pragmatic context are then defined according to scholars’ classifications, highlighting its role in determining and controlling the meaning of discourse. Subsequently, this is applied to a story from Al-Jahiz’s “The Misers” to demonstrate the pragmatic capability that context brings to the coherence of discourse.