5 Questions
What is the main focus of pragmatics in linguistics?
Evaluating how context contributes to meaning in language
Which term describes the ability to understand another speaker's intended meaning?
Pragmatic competence
Who first distinguished pragmatics as an independent subfield within semiotics, alongside syntax and semantics?
Charles Morris
Which linguist's work contributed to the emergence of pragmatics as its own subfield in the 1950s?
J.L. Austin
What did pragmatics react to in linguistics, as outlined by Ferdinand de Saussure?
Analyzable structure of language
Test your knowledge of how context contributes to meaning in human language and social interactions with this pragmatics quiz. Learn about the study of implicature, speech acts, relevance, and more.
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