Pragmatics intro

Definitions of pragmatics on the Web:

The rules that govern and describe how language is used in different contexts and environments. For example, the words and tone of voice will be ...
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It is increasingly clear that context plays a vital role in the use and understanding of language, and it is possible that differences in the way speakers of different languages use their languages in concrete settings affects their mental life.
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The aspect of speech having to do with rules of social interaction such as turn taking and staying on topic, as well as other socially acceptable interaction rules.
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The pragmatics of a programming language describe the degree of success with which a programming language meets its goals both in its faithfulness to the underlying model of computation and in its utility for human programmers.
www.cacs.louisiana.edu/~mgr/404/burks/pcinfo/progdocs/plbook/def.htm

Those aspects of the study of language that pertain to the identity and intentions of the speaker and hearer, and the context in which speech takes place. ...
www.cs.bham.ac.uk/research/poplog/computers-and-thought/gloss/node1.html

Study of the use of language for communication.
www.upei.ca/~xliu/measurement/glossary.htm

in linguistics, the study of the choices of language persons make in social interaction and of the effects of these choices on others (Crystal, 1987).
www.nde.state.ne.us/READ/FRAMEWORK/glossary/general_p-t.html

The social use of language, especially the effect of social and linguistic context on language.
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the study of language use
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In linguistics and semiotics, pragmatics is concerned with bridging the explanatory gap between sentence meaning and speaker's meaning. The study of how context influences the interpretation is then crucial. ...
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