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pragmatics

pragmatics

n. in linguistics, the analysis of language in terms of its functional communicative properties (rather than its formal and structural properties, as in phonology, semantics, and grammar) and in terms of the intentions and perspectives of its users. See also form–function distinction; functional grammar.

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