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pragmatics

noun

Definitions

  1. The study of the use of language, especially meaning, in a social context

    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

  2. plural of pragmatic

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for pragmatics. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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