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1. Linguistic Analysis and Discourse StudiesVolume 24, Issue 2 (September 2024)pp. 1–21PDF of “Here Lies…”: Spatial Deixis, Embodied Finitude, and the Pragmatics of Existential Reflection in Nigerian Epitaphs

   “Here Lies…”: Spatial Deixis, Embodied Finitude, and the Pragmatics of Existential Reflection in Nigerian Epitaphs

   T. O. Adesanmi

   epitaphic formula “Here lies...” is not merely locative but a pragmatic philosophical statement of embodied finitude that calls for existential reflection. Thus, this study, using a three-part theoretical framework … Embodied Finitude, Deictic Shift Theory, and Gricean Implicature, analyses fifty (50) epitaphs with the formula “Here lies/lie the body of...” from Atan Cemetery, Yaba and Vaults & Gardens, Ikoyi in Lagos