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pragmatics

/prag-mat-iks/US // prægˈmæt ɪks //UK // (præɡˈmætɪks) //

语用学,语义学,用语学,语言学

Related Words

symbolism象征主义,象征意义,象征性,标志主义parole假释,保释,假釋,假期semantics语义学,语意学,语义langue语言,言语,语气syntactics句法学,语法学,句法,语法

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : Logic, Philosophy. the branch of semiotics dealing with the causal and other relations between words, expressions, or symbols and their users.
    • : Linguistics. the analysis of language in terms of the situational context within which utterances are made, including the knowledge and beliefs of the speaker and the relation between speaker and listener.
    • : practical considerations.

Synonyms & Antonyms

as insemiotics
Synonyms
parole假释,保释,假釋,假期semantics语义学,语意学,语义symbolism象征主义,象征意义,象征性,标志主义langue语言,言语,语气sign systems标志系统,标识系统,指示牌系统,标志体系syntactics句法学,语法学,句法,语法

Examples

  • Many pragmatics from the Crown vainly endeavoured to suppress or mitigate the popular extravagance.

  • These taboos took on other dimensions when encoded in a literacy that ignored the pragmatics.

  • This choice has two aspects of special significance for the pragmatics of our age.

  • Augmented by worldwide networking, this pragmatics has become global in scope.

  • The pragmatics that overrides the need for literacy is based on individual empowerment.

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