Optimism in English and Arabic Religious Discourse: A Pragmatic Study

The present study tries to investigate linguistically optimism in English and Arabic religious discourses. language of discourse is rich be examined by the researchers. Optimism carried out different pragmatic aspects. aims at identifying various strategies which conveyed through eclectic model adopted analyse data. It consists Searle’s (1969) speech act theory, Grice’s (1975) conversational implicature Brown Levinson’s (1987) politeness theory. employs a qualitative content analysis method three Biblical texts Quranic that include two Holy Books. reveals mainly directive, representative acts. also words with many connotations. Finally, positive such as encouraging, understanding, showing sympathy promising reader/listener.