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Pragmatics is the study of meaning as communicated by speakers and interpreted by listeners, focusing on context and intended meaning. It differs from syntax and semantics by examining the relationships between linguistic forms and their users, though analyzing human concepts can be challenging. Regularity in language use stems from shared experiences within social groups, while the 'pragmatics wastebasket' refers to unorganized notes on language that do not fit formal analysis.

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Abstract Chapter 1

Pragmatics is the study of meaning as communicated by speakers and interpreted by listeners, focusing on context and intended meaning. It differs from syntax and semantics by examining the relationships between linguistic forms and their users, though analyzing human concepts can be challenging. Regularity in language use stems from shared experiences within social groups, while the 'pragmatics wastebasket' refers to unorganized notes on language that do not fit formal analysis.

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Definition and backgrounds: Pragmatics is concerned with the study of meaning as

communicated by speaker and interpreted by a listener. It deals with what people mean by their
utterance. This study involves the interpretation of what people mean in a particular context and
how the context influences what is said. Effectively, pragmatics can be defined as: the study of
speaker meaning; the study of contextual meaning; the study of how more gets communicated
than said, and the study of the expression of relative distance.

Key words: speaker, listener, meaning, interpretation, utterance, communication, study.

Syntax, semantics, pragmatics: In language analysis, there is a distinction among: pragmatics,


syntax, and semantics. Syntax studies the relationships between linguistic forms, how they are
arranged in sequence, and which sequence are well-formed. Semantics studies the relationships
between linguistic forms and entities in the world, attempting to establish the relationships
between verbal descriptions and states of affairs in the world as accurate or not. Pragmatics
studies the relationships between linguistic forms and the users of those forms. The advantage of
studying a language via pragmatics is that one can talk about people’s intended meaning, their
assumptions, their purposes or goals, the kinds of action they are performing when they speak.
The biggest disadvantage is that all these very human concepts are extremely difficult to analyze
in a consistent and objective way.

Key words: syntax, semantics, pragmatics, intended meaning, objective (way).

Regularity: It derives from the fact that people are members of social groups and follow general
patterns of behavior expected within the group. Effectively, more can be communicated than
being said. The source of regularity in language use drives from the fact that most people within
a linguistic community have similar basic experiences of the world and share a lot of non-
linguistic knowledge. It comes to the conclusion that nothing in the use of the linguistic forms is
inaccurate, but getting the pragmatics wrong may be offensive.

Key words: social group, behavior, linguistic community, non-linguistic knowledge.

The pragmatics wastebasket: It is known that notes on ordinary language in use are to be
knocked off and end up in a wastebasket. The contents in the wastebasket are not organized
under a single category, because this is the stuff that has not been easily handled within the
formal systems of analysis. It is obviously concerned with syntactic approach that determines the
correct structure of a sentence, excluding any incorrect order. Semantics is also concerned with
the truth-conditions of propositions expressed in sentences. Finally, all mention drive to the
conclusion that the pragmatics’ wastebasket relies on the following principle: the more 2
speakers have in common, the less language they will need to use to identify familiar things.

Key words: formal system, analysis, syntactic approach, truth-condition.

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