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What Would Happen To Language If Pragmatics Did Not Exist?

Linguistics is the scientific study of language. It involves studying language in general as well as specific human languages like English, Chinese, and Spanish. Pragmatics is concerned with studying meaning as communicated by speakers and interpreted by listeners. It explores how context influences what is said and how more is communicated than just the literal words. Pragmatics acts as the basis for all language interactions and without it, there would be little understanding of intention and meaning.

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What Would Happen To Language If Pragmatics Did Not Exist?

Linguistics is the scientific study of language. It involves studying language in general as well as specific human languages like English, Chinese, and Spanish. Pragmatics is concerned with studying meaning as communicated by speakers and interpreted by listeners. It explores how context influences what is said and how more is communicated than just the literal words. Pragmatics acts as the basis for all language interactions and without it, there would be little understanding of intention and meaning.

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What is linguistics?

Linguistics is the scientific study of language . the word 'langage' is used to


refer to language in general whereas the word 'langue' is applied to
particular languages like English, Chinese and Spanish. The latter are human
languages which are spoken by groups of people and are also called 'natural
languages'.

What would happen to language if Pragmatics did not


exist?
Pragmatics acts as the basis for all language interactions and contact. It is a key
feature to the understanding of language and the responses that follow this.
Therefore, without the fucntion of Pragmatics, there would be very little undeanding
of intention and meaning.

What is pragmatic?

• “It is the study of speaker meaning”

It is concerned with the study of meaning as communicated by speaker and interpreted by


listener.

• “It is the study of contexual meaning”

It involves interpretation of what people mean in a particular context and how the context
influences what is said.

• “It is the study of how more gets communicated than is said”

This type of study explores how great deal of what is unsaid is recognized as part of what is
communicated.

• “It is the study of the expression of relative distance “

On the assumption of how close and distant the listener is speakers determine how much
needs to be said.

Syntax:

Study of the relation between linguistic forms, how they are arranged in sequence, and
which sequences are well-formed

• Semantics:
Study of the relationship between linguistic forms and entries in the world

• Pragmatic:

Study of relationships between linguistic forms and the users of those forms .

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