pragmatics

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• Rhymes: -ætɪks

pragmatics

1. plural of pragmatic

pragmatics (uncountable)

1. (linguistics, translation studies) 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

   Comeronyms: semantics; grammar, syntax, morphology, phonology

   • 2001, Arthur J. Holmer, Jan-Olof Svantesson, Åke Viberg, Proceedings of the 18th Scandinavian Conference of Linguistics:

     […] 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, ...