THE MAIN CHARACTERISTICS OF ENGLISH PRAGMATICS IN LINGUISTICS
Keywords:
Pragmatics, communication, interpretation, contextual meaning, vital aspects, Locutionary Acts, Perlocutionary Acts, conversational implicaturesAbstract
Pragmatics is a branch of linguistics that defines the hidden meanings of a writer and speaker in relation to the collaborative effort of linguistic form. It is mentioned alongside its user. A contextual meaning is usually given importance in pragmatics, where every other meaning of a given context is referred to the speaker or writer who wishes to state something. As a result, the field of Pragmatics aids in dealing with the speaker's intended meaning. The scope of pragmatics demonstrates some linguistically related terms.
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