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pragmatics

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  • Rhymes: -ætɪks

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pragmatics

  1. plural of pragmatic

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pragmatics (uncountable)

  1. (linguistics, translation studies) The study of the use of language, especially meaning, in a social context; it includes extratextual aspects of language including exophoric reference, phatic utterances, and nonverbal channels.
    Holonym: linguistics
    Comeronyms: semantics; grammar, syntax, morphology, phonology
    • 2001, Arthur J. Holmer, Jan-Olof Svantesson, Åke Viberg, Proceedings of the 18th Scandinavian Conference of Linguistics:
      [] in the clause, only the adjective may be fronted; but if both a past participle and a verbal particle are present, either may be fronted. Topicalization, in which maximal projections are fronted to express pragmatics such as contrast, emphasis, ...
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