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Pragmatics

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Noun

1. pragmatics

the study of language use

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Pragmatics

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noun (functioning as singular)
1. 
the study of those aspects of language that cannot be considered in isolation from its use
2. 
the study of the relation between symbols and those who use them

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Pragmatics

see synonyms of pragmatics
noun
1. 
the branch of linguistics concerned with meaning in context, or the meanings of sentences in terms of the speaker's intentions in using them
2. 
the branch of semiotics dealing with the relationships of signs and symbols to their users

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Pragmatics

see synonyms of pragmatics
n. (used with a sing. verb)
1. The study of language as it is used in a social context, including its effect on the interlocutors.
2. The branch of semiotics that deals with the relationship between signs, especially words and other elements of language, and their users.

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