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Meaning of "pragmatics" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF PRAGMATICS

pragmatics  [præɡˈmætɪks] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PRAGMATICS

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Pragmatics is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES PRAGMATICS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

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Pragmatics

Pragmatics is a subfield of linguistics and semiotics which studies the ways in which context contributes to meaning. Pragmatics encompasses speech act theory, conversational implicature, talk in interaction and other approaches to language behavior in philosophy, sociology, linguistics and anthropology. Unlike semantics, which examines meaning that is conventional or "coded" in a given language, pragmatics studies how the transmission of meaning depends not only on structural and linguistic knowledge of the speaker and listener, but also on the context of the utterance, any pre-existing knowledge about those involved, the inferred intent of the speaker, and other factors. In this respect, pragmatics explains how language users are able to overcome apparent ambiguity, since meaning relies on the manner, place, time etc. of an utterance. The ability to understand another speaker's intended meaning is called pragmatic competence.

Definition of pragmatics in the English dictionary

The definition of pragmatics in the dictionary is the study of those aspects of language that cannot be considered in isolation from its use. Other definition of pragmatics is the study of the relation between symbols and those who use them.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH PRAGMATICS


aquatics
əˈkwætɪks
bioinformatics
ˌbaɪəʊˌɪnfəˈmætɪks
biomathematics
ˌbaɪəʊˌmæθəˈmætɪks
biosystematics
ˌbaɪəʊˌsɪstɪˈmætɪks
chromatics
krəʊˈmætɪks
cymatics
saɪˈmætɪks
diplomatics
ˌdɪpləˈmætɪks
dogmatics
dɒɡˈmætɪks
dramatics
drəˈmætɪks
glossematics
ˌɡlɒsəˈmætɪks
informatics
ˌɪnfəˈmætɪks
kinematics
ˌkɪnɪˈmætɪks
mathematics
ˌmæθəˈmætɪks
metamathematics
ˌmɛtəˌmæθɪˈmætɪks
numismatics
ˌnjuːmɪzˈmætɪks
pneumatics
njʊˈmætɪks
problematics
ˌprɒblɪˈmætɪks
rheumatics
ruːˈmætɪks
systematics
ˌsɪstɪˈmætɪks
telematics
ˌtɛlɪˈmætɪks

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PRAGMATICS

praetorium
Praetorius
praetorship
pragmatic
pragmatic sanction
pragmatical
pragmaticality
pragmatically
pragmaticalness
pragmaticism
pragmaticist
pragmatisation
pragmatise
pragmatiser
pragmatism
pragmatist
pragmatistic
pragmatization
pragmatize
pragmatizer

WORDS THAT END LIKE PRAGMATICS

acrobatics
aerobatics
aerostatics
amateur dramatics
athletics
biostatics
cosmetics
ecstatics
electrostatics
geostatics
gyrostatics
higher mathematics
hydrostatics
logistics
magnetostatics
orthotics
politics
statistics
tactics
thermostatics

Synonyms and antonyms of pragmatics in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «pragmatics» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF PRAGMATICS

Find out the translation of pragmatics to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of pragmatics from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «pragmatics» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

语用学
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

la pragmática
570 millions of speakers

English

pragmatics
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

उपयोगितावाद
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

البراغماتية
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

прагматика
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

pragmática
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

pragmatics
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

pragmatique
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Pragmatik
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Pragmatik
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

語用論
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

화용론
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Pragmatika
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

ngữ dụng
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

கூறக்கூடியளவுக்கு
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

व्यावहारिक
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

kullanımbilim
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

pragmatica
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

pragmatyka
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

прагматика
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

pragmatica
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

πραγματολογία
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

pragmatiek
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

pragmatik
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

pragmatikk
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of pragmatics

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PRAGMATICS»

The term «pragmatics» is regularly used and occupies the 69.960 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «PRAGMATICS» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about pragmatics

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PRAGMATICS»

Discover the use of pragmatics in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to pragmatics and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Pragmatics
A central concern of the book is the relation between pragmatics and semantics, and Dr Levinson shows clearly how a pragmatic approach can resolve some of the problems semantics have been confronting and simplifying semantic analyses.
Stephen C. Levinson, 1983
2
Pragmatics: An Advanced Resource Book for Students
"Pragmatics: provides a broad view of pragmatics from a range of perspectives, gathering readings from key names in the discipline, including Geoffrey Leech, Michael McCarthy, Thomas Kohnen, Joan Manes and Nessa Wolfson ; covers a wide ...
Dawn Archer, Karin Aijmer, Anne Wichmann, 2012
3
Pragmatics: An Introduction
This is a succinct introduction to the rapidly developing field of pragmatics - the study of language from the point of view of its users, of the choices they make, the constraints they encounter in using language in social interaction, and ...
Jacob L. Mey, 2001
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Pragmatics of Society
Pragmatics of society takes a socio-cultural perspective on pragmatics and gives a broad view of how social and cultural factors influence language use. The volume covers a wide range of topics within the field of sociopragmatics.
Gisle Andersen, Karin Aijmer, 2011
5
Introduction to Pragmatics
Throughout the book the relationship between semantics and pragmatics is continually addressed and reassessed.
Betty J. Birner, 2012
6
Defining Pragmatics
In this ground-breaking book, Mira Ariel challenges the prominent definitions of pragmatics, as well as the widely held assumption that specific topics - implicatures, deixis, speech acts, politeness - naturally and uniformly belong on the ...
Mira Ariel, 2010
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Acquisition in Interlanguage Pragmatics: Learning how to do ...
A comprehensive discussion of theoretical and methodological issues, an in-depth analysis and an extensive bibliography make this book of interest to both researchers and students in interlanguage pragmatics, cross-cultural pragmatics, ...
Anne Barron, 2003
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Key Notions for Pragmatics
The ten volumes of "Handbook of Pragmatics Highlights" focus on the most salient topics in the field of pragmatics, thus dividing its wide interdisciplinary spectrum in a transparent and manageable way.
Jef Verschueren, Jan-Ola Östman, 2009
9
Interpersonal Pragmatics
This handbook focuses on the interpersonal aspects of language in use, exploring key concepts such as face, im/politeness, identity, or gender, as well as mitigation, respect/deference, and humour in a variety of settings.
Miriam A. Locher, Sage L. Graham, 2010
10
On the Pragmatics of Communication
Jurgen Habermas's program in formal pragmatics fulfills two main functions.
Jürgen Habermas, Maeve Cooke, 2000

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PRAGMATICS»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term pragmatics is used in the context of the following news items.
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We must curb one-off housing to make our rural roads safe
For both the romantics and the pragmatics, it is this 'somewhere to live' aspect that causes most problems. For the romantics, it is mostly about ... «Irish Independent, Jul 15»
2
Camping is a way to connect and learn
Though they didn't articulate it as such — they are 8 and 10 — it was a conversation about pragmatics and ethics. They learned about protozoa ... «Herald-Mail Media, Jul 15»
3
Tony Blair tells Labour what it needs to win again: someone just like …
The narrative that there was no intrinsic tradeoff to be made between principle and the pragmatics of re-election no longer felt quite so easy or ... «HITC, Jul 15»
4
Change Agents: Know Thy Audience
Pragmatics, on the other hand, are more analytical; they manage risk and are motivated by solving problems. Conservatives are more cautious, ... «Business 2 Community, Jul 15»
5
A communication framework for change agents: How to win hearts …
Pragmatics, on the other hand, are more analytical, they manage risk, and are motivated by solving problems. Conservatives are more cautious ... «HR.BLR.com, Jul 15»
6
Revealed: The AJ student survey results 2015
We would need first, though, to abandon the creative imperative and to reverse the educational process, working up from pragmatics to ... «Architects' Journal, Jul 15»
7
As the world burns County Clare Coco purchases Holy island
The fangs of economic recession and the hard-edged pragmatics of Ireland's modernity should have slaughtered such stories long ago, but ... «IrishCentral, Jul 15»
8
Report: Family seeks independent autopsy of Naperville woman …
@joseaphat1 so what's the truth, give us the pragmatics of the case as you know it? How did you come to the truth before a thorough ... «Chicago Tribune, Jul 15»
9
Response to the Critique of my Critique of Buhari's Inaugural Speech
There is something called pragmatics in linguistics that Mainasara would do well to acquaint himself with. It means how language is actually ... «Daily Trust, Jul 15»
10
Belief's Own Pragmatics: What Whoopi Goldberg's Unwavering …
Over the past week, it was revealed that Bill Cosby admitted under oath in 2005 to essentially date-raping at least one woman he wanted to ... «Huffington Post, Jul 15»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Pragmatics [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/pragmatics>. Apr 2024 ».
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