The Language Game in the “Fraudsters’ Literature” from Pragmatic Perspective—The Arabic Maqamat as a Model

Abstract

The art of cheating is based on the manipulation of the vocabulary and structures used, and the use of images of linguistic performance that convince the speaker, in which the listener is weak and needy, which causes the other party to respond to it. This type represents the manipulation of words and structures in the most beautiful form in the art of Maqamat, which was prevalent in the Arabic literature in successive eras. Due to this, the research aims to find out the cheating language which is used by the fraudsters in terms of its characteristics and its impact on their dealings.