Abstract
The current study is a pragmatic one which aims at exploring the symbolic language in Pope Francis’s speech in UR during his visit to Iraq in March 2021. Symbolic language means that languagewhich is not used explicitly and there is a mismatch between the sign and symbol, so it is the hearer’s task to infer the intended meaning. Hence, the current study attempts to find out what symbolism is and how and why it is used especially in Pope’s speech. In order to achieve this aim, six extracts are analyzed based on Grice’s theory of implicature and cooperative principle (1975). Based on the findings of the analysis, it is concluded that symbolismin language means using something to refer to something else for the purpose of fulfilling many functions since language as an action is used not only to convey lexical or grammatical meaning, but also social meaning. Thus, it is observed that Pope’s speech is full of symbolism and meaning that is conveyed implicitly and full of symbolism which is used to reflect the his ideas in an implicit and indirect way to deeply affect his listeners and touch their hearts.
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