THE MAQAMA IN THE NOVELS OF ABDUL RAHMAN MAJID AL-RUBAIE A STUDY IN THE LIGHT OF TEXT LINGUISTICS

Abstract

Contextuality (al-maqāmiyyah) is one of the central concepts in text linguistics, as it relates to the circumstances in which discourse is produced and to the situational factors that determine its meaning and communicative function. It reveals the relationship between the speaker, the addressee, and the external context of the text, and explains how language is adapted to suit the pragmatic situation. Through analysing contextuality in the novel, it becomes possible to uncover the mechanisms guiding narration and to understand how the text achieves coherence with its social, cultural, and political environment.