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pragmatics
[ prag-mat-iks ]
noun
, (used with a singular verb)
- Logic, Philosophy. the branch of semiotics dealing with the causal and other relations between words, expressions, or symbols and their users.
- Linguistics. the analysis of language in terms of the situational context within which utterances are made, including the knowledge and beliefs of the speaker and the relation between speaker and listener.
- practical considerations.
pragmatics
/ præɡˈmætɪks /
noun
- the study of those aspects of language that cannot be considered in isolation from its use
- the study of the relation between symbols and those who use them
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