23 December 2024
- 23:3823:38, 23 December 2024 diff hist +10,457 N The Pragmatic Mistake That Every Newbie Makes Created page with "What is Pragmatics?<br><br>A person who understands the pragmatics of speaking can effectively eschew a request to read between lines, or negotiate the rules of turn-taking in conversation. Pragmatics takes cultural, social and contextal aspects into consideration when using language.<br><br>Consider this: the news report says that a stolen painting was discovered "by an oak tree." This is an example of ambiguity that our understanding of pragmatics assists us disambigua..." current