THE SPECIFIC FEATURES OF PRAGMATICS

In this article the author investigates about the specific features of pragmatics, its main approaches and main focuses that it can deal with. Pragmatics is concerned with utterances, which we will define as specific occurrences, the deliberate actions of speakers at specific times and locations, usually involving language. Logic and semantics have historically dealt with properties of types of statements, rather than properties that vary from token to token, use to use, or, as we’ll see, utterance to utterance, and vary with the specific properties that distinguish them. Pragmatic approaches are but do not restrict themselves to the resolution of ambiguity and vagueness, the reference to proper names, indexes and proofs, and anaphors, and some questions involving at least some presupposition. In all these cases, evidence about the pronunciation, beyond the expressions and meanings used is necessary. The author provides a brief and clear information about pragmatics and its explanations.