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Pragmatics
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Pragmatics is the branch of linguistics concerned with the study of language use in context. It investigates how meaning is constructed, interpreted, and negotiated beyond the literal semantic content of utterances. Unlike semantics, which focuses on conventional, context-independent meaning, pragmatics addresses the influence of situational factors—such as speaker intent (a key component of speech acts)—[shared knowledge](/entr…
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Pragmatics
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Implicature and Presupposition
Implicature refers to what a speaker suggests or implies, going beyond what is literally stated. The most influential model is H.P. Grice's theory of conversational implicature. Grice proposed that conversation is governed by the Cooperative Principle (CP): "Make your conversational contribution such as is required, at the stage at which it occurs, by the accepted purpose or direction of the talk exchange in which you are engaged" […