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pragmatics definition

prag·mat·ics (prag mat′iks)

noun

  1. the branch of linguistics concerned with meaning in context, or the meanings of sentences in terms of the speaker's intentions in using them
  2. the branch of semiotics dealing with the relationships of signs and symbols to their users

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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