New American Oxford Dictionary
pragmatics
prag mat ics |pragˈmatiks præɡˈmædɪks | ▶plural noun [ usu. treated as sing. ] the branch of linguistics dealing with language in use and the contexts in which it is used, including such matters as deixis, taking turns in conversation, text organization, presupposition, and implicature.
Oxford Dictionary
pragmatics
prag |mat ¦ics |pragˈmatɪks | ▶plural noun [ usu. treated as sing. ] the branch of linguistics dealing with language in use and the contexts in which it is used, including such matters as deixis, the taking of turns in conversation, text organization, presupposition, and implicature.
Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary
pragmatics
prag mat ics /præɡmǽtɪks /名詞 U 〖単数扱い 〗〘言 〙語用論 〘語の意味とその語が用いられた特定の状況との関係を分析する言語学の研究分野; →semantics 〙.