What does "pragmatics" mean?

The study of the use of language, especially meaning, in a social context; it includes extratextual aspects of language including exophoric reference, phatic utterances, and nonverbal channels.

Pragmatics

Q: What is a synonym for "pragmatics"?

Common synonyms include: contextual semantics, conversational languages, everyday communication, language study, language use in context, linguistic action.

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1
The study of the use of language, especially meaning, in a social context; it includes extratextual aspects of language including exophoric reference, phatic utterances, and nonverbal channels. uncountable
"Holonym: linguistics"
2
plural of pragmatic form-of, plural
3
the study of language use wordnet

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contextual semantics conversational languages everyday communication language study language use in context linguistic action

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programming language syntax semantics theoretical linguistics

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"Prosody semantics is related to pragmatics."

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