INSHA’ ALLAH: ITS PRAGMATIC MEANINGS IN RELIGIOUS MEETING

TL;DRAbstract

This study examines the pragmatic meanings of Insha’ Allah used by the members of an Indonesian Islamic Da’wah Association (IIDA) in Malang, East Java, Indonesia. The study is based on the collection and analysis of 13 hours of recording of naturally occurring conversational data, which reflect issues central to the social and religious life of this community. In this context, the use of Insha’ Allah is examined to understand why it occurs, and what it tells us about the social and linguistic interactions occurring in this community. As a basis of understanding the issue, this study draws on sociological perspectives to analyse the data, incuding the Situational and Metaphorical approaches (Blom & Gumperz, 1972), and Politeness Theory (Brown & Levinson, 1987). To collect the data for the present study, observations, questionnaires and interviews were employed. This study finds that the reason for using Insha’ Allah are influenced by situational and metaphorical factors. From the situat

Chat with Paper

AI Agents for this Paper