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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.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, sciences, translation-studies
Meaning relationships
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plural of pragmatic
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, plural
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the study of language use
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: linguistics
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Across languages
Translations
28 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Armenian:
պրագմատիկա
(pragmatika)
— study of the use of the language in a social context
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Catalan:
pragmàtica
— study of the use of the language in a social context
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Chinese Mandarin:
語用學 /语用学
(yǔyòngxué)
— study of the use of the language in a social context
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Czech:
pragmatika
— study of the use of the language in a social context
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Danish:
pragmatik
— study of the use of the language in a social context
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Dutch:
Pragmatiek
— study of the use of the language in a social context
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Finnish:
pragmatiikka
— study of the use of the language in a social context
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French:
pragmatique
— study of the use of the language in a social context
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German:
Pragmatik
— study of the use of the language in a social context
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German:
Pragmatiklinguistik
— study of the use of the language in a social context
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Greek:
πραγματολογία
(pragmatología)
— study of the use of the language in a social context
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Hindi:
संकेतप्रयोगविज्ञान
(saṅketaprayogvijñān)
— study of the use of the language in a social context
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Indonesian:
pragmatik
— study of the use of the language in a social context
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Indonesian:
pragmatika
— study of the use of the language in a social context
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Korean:
화용학
(hwayonghak)
— study of the use of the language in a social context
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Northern Kurdish:
pragmatîk
— study of the use of the language in a social context
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Malay:
pragmatik
— study of the use of the language in a social context
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Norwegian:
pragmatikk
— study of the use of the language in a social context
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Polish:
pragmatyka
— study of the use of the language in a social context
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Portuguese:
pragmática
— study of the use of the language in a social context
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Serbo-Croatian:
pragmatika
— study of the use of the language in a social context
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Spanish:
pragmática
— study of the use of the language in a social context
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Spanish:
pragmalingüística
— study of the use of the language in a social context
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Swahili:
isimu amali
— study of the use of the language in a social context
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Swedish:
pragmatik
— study of the use of the language in a social context
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Turkish:
edimbilim
— study of the use of the language in a social context
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Turkish:
kullanımbilim
— study of the use of the language in a social context
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Vietnamese:
ngữ dụng học
— study of the use of the language in a social context