PRAGMATIC SEMANTICS: THEORETICAL FOUNDATIONS AND PRACTICAL INTERPRETATIONS

Аннотация

The study of the meaning of words and sentences in linguistics has a centuries-old scientific tradition. Semantics, as a field that analyzes the semantic layer of language, was formed in the 20th century and gave rise to its various directions. Among them, pragmatic semantics occupies a special place, because it analyzes the meaning of language units not only in terms of their structural or lexical properties, but also in relation to the speech situation, the relationship between the speaker and the listener, and the context. Pragmatic semantics deeply analyzes the interaction of meaning and context in linguistic research. This approach serves to reveal the social and communicative nature of language. Therefore, pragmatic analysis occupies a central place in today's modern semantics system..