pragmatics

Definitions

1. 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.
   uncountable
2. pragmatics (study of the use of the language in a social context)
3. a law emanating from a competent Spanish authority, but technically differing from a royal decree or command in the formalities of its publication
4. feminine singular of pragmático

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Examples

“Holonym: 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, […]”

“The conversational tone is almost uncanny. But it’s not a sign⟳ that large language models are becoming human; it’s a sign⟳ that they have⟳ mastered pragmatics. […] When a computational linguist told me several years ago about the advances artificial intelligence was making in simulating human language, the first thing I thought was: The hot next step will be getting to pragmatics.”

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