Complex Deictic Centers, Projections and Context Deictic Centers in Al-Araff Verse

Abstract

The study examines the deixis in the Al-Araff verse selected from the Holy Quran, especially the complex as a new type of deixis. The content analysis of deixis is time, place, person deictic centers, context, and deictic projections. The results show that we can guess a new type of deixis which is the complex deictic center of person because so many words in Arabic language are able to hold two references for two words, this is in complex word that can be named as complex deixis. Moreover, time and person deictic centers become a deictic projection at some places, and we have place and time deictic centers which are context deixis that can be predicted by the general atmosphere. The deictic centers of place are divided into high and low deictic centers. Also, the deictic centers of time are divided into beginning and end deictic centers. The person deictic center is divided into good and bad deictic centers. Using Levinson’s ideas and divisions about deictic center can be presented in this sense.