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Definition of Pragmatics
1. Noun. The study of language use.
Definition of Pragmatics
1. Noun. (linguistics) The study of the use of language in a social context. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Pragmatics
1. pragmatic [n] - See also: pragmatic
Lexicographical Neighbors of Pragmatics
Literary usage of Pragmatics
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Harmonism and Conscious Evolution by Charles Waldstein, Charles Walston (1922)
"These facts are, no doubt, also related to Pragmatics and Ethics, where they may
have to be reconsidered. We are concerned in fact with the " Art of Living. ..."
2. A History of the Christian Councils: From the Original Documents by Karl Joseph von Hefele, William Robinson Clark, Henry Nutcombe Oxenham, Edward Hayes Plumptre (1883)
"... that all the imperial pragmatics (decrees) which are in opposition to the
canons must be without effect.1 SEC. 193. Fifth Session, October 22, 451. ..."
3. A Mind AT Work: We are our Questions. An Homage to Mihai Nadinby Mihai Nadin, Mercedes Vilanova, Frederic Chordá by Mihai Nadin, Mercedes Vilanova, Frederic Chordá (2003)
"Pragmatics are the start If we spend our time embodying infinite sign processes,
... In most fields, pragmatics is seen as the least important of Morris's ..."
4. The Civilization of Illiteracy by Mihai Nadin (1997)
"Within the pragmatics associated with literacy, this is a very good representation.
In the pragmatics we are concerned with, this linear model does not work ..."
5. Specimen of a Catalogue of the Books on Foreign Law by Lincoln's Inn (London, England). Library, Charles Purton Cooper, F. W. Halfpenny (1847)
"The 4th volume comprises the Pragmatics, &c., the translator observing the same
rules as ... Volume 4 contains a chronological index of the Pragmatics, &c., ..."
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