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pragmatics en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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  • /pɹæɡˈmæ.tɪks/

Meanings

  1. (form-of, plural) plural of pragmatic
    form of pragmatic
  2. (uncountable) 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.
    • Holonym: linguistics
    • The conversational tone is almost uncanny. But it’s not a sign that large language models are becoming human; it’s a sign that they have mastered pragmatics. […] When a computational linguist told me several years ago about the advances artificial intelligence was making in simulating human language, the first thing I thought was: The hot next step will be getting to pragmatics. 2025 August 28, John McWhorter, “The Single Word That Explains Why Chatbots Sound So Human”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC:
    • […] in the clause, only the adjective may be fronted; but if both a past participle and a verbal particle are present, either may be fronted. Topicalization, in which maximal projections are fronted to express pragmatics such as contrast, emphasis, […] 2001, Arthur J. Holmer, Jan-Olof Svantesson, Åke Viberg, Proceedings of the 18th Scandinavian Conference of Linguistics:

Deriveds

metapragmatics · zoopragmatics · cyberpragmatics · psychopragmatics · sociopragmatics · neuropragmatics

Relateds

grammar · phonology · syntax · pragmatician · semantics · morphology

Translations (28)

cmn 語用學 /语用学 (study of the use of the language in a social context) · pt pragmática (study of the use of the language in a social context) · es pragmática (study of the use of the language in a social context) · fi pragmatiikka (study of the use of the language in a social context) · id pragmatik (study of the use of the language in a social context) · no pragmatikk (study of the use of the language in a social context) · cs pragmatika (study of the use of the language in a social context) · nl Pragmatiek (study of the use of the language in a social context) · es pragmalingüística (study of the use of the language in a social context) · pl pragmatyka (study of the use of the language in a social context) · fr pragmatique (study of the use of the language in a social context) · kmr pragmatîk (study of the use of the language in a social context) · de Pragmatiklinguistik (study of the use of the language in a social context) · tr edimbilim (study of the use of the language in a social context) · sv pragmatik (study of the use of the language in a social context) · ko 화용학 (study of the use of the language in a social context) · sh pragmatika (study of the use of the language in a social context) · de Pragmatik (study of the use of the language in a social context) · el πραγματολογία (study of the use of the language in a social context) · vi ngữ dụng học (study of the use of the language in a social context) · id pragmatika (study of the use of the language in a social context) · ca pragmàtica (study of the use of the language in a social context) · hy պրագմատիկա (study of the use of the language in a social context) · hi संकेतप्रयोगविज्ञान (study of the use of the language in a social context) · sw isimu amali (study of the use of the language in a social context) · da pragmatik (study of the use of the language in a social context) · tr kullanımbilim (study of the use of the language in a social context) · ms pragmatik (study of the use of the language in a social context)