The Meaning and Scope of Pragmatics

Che An Bint Abdulghani and Muhammad Abubakar Abdullahi
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Che An Bint Abdulghani: Faculty: Modern Languages And Communication, University Putra Malaysia (UPM)
Muhammad Abubakar Abdullahi: College Of General Studies (English Unit), Umaru Ali Shinkafi Polytechnic Sokoto, Nigeria

International Journal of Research and Innovation in Social Science, 2021, vol. 5, issue 5, 102-105

Abstract: A traditional criticism has been made, that pragmatics does not have a clear cut focus and in early studies there was tendency to assort those topics without a clear status in linguistics pragmatics. Some complained why that pragmatics is not eligible as an independent field of learning since meaning is already dealt with semantics. However, there is consensus that pragmatics as a separate study is more than necessary because it handles those meanings that semantics overlook. This paper therefore, attempts highlighting the meaning and scope of pragmatics. The paper is generally sub-divided into the following sections: introduction, meaning of Pragmatics, Scope of Pragmatics and Conclusion.

Date: 2021
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