iarjelIARJELIARJEL2708-5120https://doi.org/10.47310/iajel.2022.v03i02.011A Contrastive Pragmatic Study of Offer in English and ArabicZinaAbdul-Hussein KhudhairAshammariLec.Haider Saad YahyaJubranImam Ja'afar Al-Sadiq University\Najaf, IraqThe current paper deals with offer as a speech act in both English and Arabic. It aims at finding out the basic pragmatic components of speech acts underlying the structure of offer used in English and Arabic. It also aims at explicating the pragmatic strategies of offer in English and Arabic. To achieve the aims of the study, it is hypothesized that: Speech acts are the basic pragmatic components underlying the structure of offer used in English and Arabic. Indirectness is the most common pragmatic strategy used to express offer in English and Arabic. Accordingly, the steps adopted to fulfill the aims of the study are as follows: 1. Conducting a survey of the literature written about offer in English and Arabic. 2. Presenting a theoretical part that analyses the speech act of offer in English and Arabic.