Pragmatic Implications of Slang in Husseini Preachers’ Iraqi Arabic

This paper is concerned with the pragmatic functions of slangy utterances used by husseini preachers in the iraqi context. husseini preachers are religious and social reformers who use the husseini issue as a foundation to their reformation. slang is employed by such husseini preachers in theirs lectures and sermons which are characterized by a highly formal context. theoretical literature about pragmatics of slang is given. afterwards, the pragmatic ends are investigated in a considerable number of lectures for various preachers. the most frequented slangy utterances used by husseini preachers are selected and put in a questionnaire in accordance with a model adopted and selected for the objectives of the paper. in analyzing the data taken from the lecturers, sermons and the questionnaire, significant pragmatic functions are found that are related to the iraqi society and the pragmatic strategies under the pragmatic principles, in addition to a pragmatic model which is peculiar to the .husseini context