Particularized Conversational Implicatures Through Off-Record Strategies in Surah Maryam Dialogues

Giffari Ramdhani, Andang Saehu, Ice Sariyati

Abstract


This study examines Particularized Conversational Implicature (PCI) in the dialogues of Surah Maryam and its contribution to politeness in religious discourse. Therefore, this study aims to analyze how PCI is realized through off-record strategies and how it contributes to politeness in the dialogues of Surah Maryam. Grounded in the theories of Paul Grice and Brown and Levinson, this study employed qualitative content analysis, using the Sahih International translation of Surah Maryam as the source of the data. The data consisted of 32 utterances forming dialogic verses grouped into 12 dialogue sections. The findings reveal that 7 sections contain PCI which is realized through off-record strategies such as giving hints, rhetorical questions, understatement, presupposition, and association clues. These strategies enable indirect, context-dependent, and polite communication. The study contributes to pragmatic studies and Qur’anic discourse analysis by demonstrating how indirect communication constructs ethical interaction in religious texts.


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Particularized Conversational Implicature; Off-Record Strategy; Pragmatics; Surah Maryam

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.31004/jele.v11i3.2580

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