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  2. Pragmatics - Wikipedia

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    In linguistics and related fields, pragmatics is the study of how context contributes to meaning. The field of study evaluates how human language is utilized in social interactions, as well as the relationship between the interpreter and the interpreted. [ 1 ]

  3. Historical pragmatics - Wikipedia

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    Historical pragmatics is the study of linguistic pragmatics over time. Research in historical pragmatics is mainly carried out on written corpora as recordings of spoken language are a relatively recent phenomenon.

  4. Portal:Linguistics - Wikipedia

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    Linguistics is the scientific study of language.The areas of linguistic analysis are syntax (rules governing the structure of sentences), semantics (meaning), morphology (structure of words), phonetics (speech sounds and equivalent gestures in sign languages), phonology (the abstract sound system of a particular language, and analogous systems of sign languages), and pragmatics (how the ...

  5. Relevance theory - Wikipedia

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    Dan Sperber, who, with Deirdre Wilson, developed relevance theory. Relevance theory is a framework for understanding the interpretation of utterances.It was first proposed by Dan Sperber and Deirdre Wilson, and is used within cognitive linguistics and pragmatics.

  6. Category:Pragmatics - Wikipedia

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    Pragmatics is a subfield of linguistics. It is the study of how context influences the interpretation of meaning. It is the study of how context influences the interpretation of meaning. Context here must be interpreted as situation as it may include any imaginable extralinguistic factor.

  7. Linguistics - Wikipedia

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    Linguistics is the scientific study of language. [1] [2] [3] The areas of linguistic analysis are syntax (rules governing the structure of sentences), semantics (meaning), morphology (structure of words), phonetics (speech sounds and equivalent gestures in sign languages), phonology (the abstract sound system of a particular language, and analogous systems of sign languages), and pragmatics ...

  8. Semantics and Pragmatics - Wikipedia

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    Semantics and Pragmatics (abbreviated S&P) is a peer-reviewed diamond open access academic journal covering research pertaining to meaning in natural language. [2] [3] A highly prestigious journal, it is one of the most important venues in formal semantics, alongside Natural Language Semantics, Linguistics and Philosophy, and the Journal of Semantics.

  9. Metapragmatics - Wikipedia

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    In linguistics, metapragmatics is the study of how the effects and conditions of language use themselves become objects of discourse. The term is commonly associated with the semiotically -informed linguistic anthropology of Michael Silverstein .