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1. Pragmatics

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   The Problem of 'Appropriateness'
   Defining pragmatic 'correctness' remains elusive. While semantics can often define truth-conditional correctness, pragmatics deals in appropriateness. For instance, an utterance can be semantically sound and perfectly comprehensible, yet pragmatically infelicitous if uttered at an inappropriate time (e.g., announcing one's imminent retirement during a funeral procession). This led to the development of Chronometric Pragmatics, which attempts to map acceptab…