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Noun [English]

IPA: /pɹæɡˈmæ.tɪks/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-pragmatics.wav [US]
Rhymes: -ætɪks Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} pragmatics (uncountable)
  1. (linguistics, translation studies) 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. Tags: uncountable Derived forms: cyberpragmatics, metapragmatics, neuropragmatics, psychopragmatics, sociopragmatics, zoopragmatics Related terms: semantics [comeronym], grammar [comeronym], syntax [comeronym], morphology [comeronym], phonology [comeronym], pragmatician Translations (study of the use of the language in a social context): պրագմատիկա (pragmatika) (Armenian), pragmàtica [feminine] (Catalan), 語用學 /语用学 (yǔyòngxué) (Chinese Mandarin), pragmatika [feminine] (Czech), pragmatik [common-gender] (Danish), Pragmatiek (Dutch), pragmatiikka (Finnish), pragmatique [feminine] (French), Pragmatik [feminine] (German), Pragmatiklinguistik [feminine] (German), πραγματολογία (pragmatología) [feminine] (Greek), संकेतप्रयोगविज्ञान (saṅketaprayogvijñān) [masculine] (Hindi), pragmatik (Indonesian), pragmatika (Indonesian), 화용학 (hwayonghak) (Korean), pragmatik (Malay), pragmatîk [feminine] (Northern Kurdish), pragmatikk [masculine] (Norwegian), pragmatyka [feminine] (Polish), pragmática [feminine] (Portuguese), pragmatika [feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), pragmática [feminine] (Spanish), pragmalingüística [feminine] (Spanish), isimu amali (Swahili), pragmatik [common-gender] (Swedish), edimbilim (Turkish), kullanımbilim (Turkish), ngữ dụng học (Vietnamese)
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Noun [English]

IPA: /pɹæɡˈmæ.tɪks/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-pragmatics.wav [US]
Rhymes: -ætɪks Head templates: {{head|en|noun form}} pragmatics
  1. plural of pragmatic Tags: form-of, plural Form of: pragmatic
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