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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

   death equally captures their philosophy of life, which is patently articulated in their epitaphic discourse. Therefore, this paper argues that the epitaphic formula “Here lies...” is not merely locative … theoretical framework of 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