A Pragmatic Approach to Identify Ideology

The linguistic messages cannot be understood well without the investigation of their force and perlocutionary force. These terms are suggested by Austin (1962) to explain how the utterance can be interpreted in respect to the context in which it occurs. This study aims at finding out the role of speech act and politeness (pragmatic concepts) theories in reflecting the guidable ideology of in religious texts. It is concluded that the ideology of the texts under analysis is described as guidable depending on identifying the speech acts used and the degree of politeness. As well, the nature of ideology is part of the interpretation of religious texts. Three main conclusions are come up with; 1- exhortation is utilized more extensively than intimidation and advice 2- Despite that Al-Emam can use the lest degree of politeness according to the equation of politeness measurement, he uses a high degree of it 3-Speech act analysis can reflect the nature of ideology that Al-Emam follows to disseminate the religious thought and the values of Islam.