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1. 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…