Abstract:Semantics and pragmatics are two equally necessary operational components that act in a circular and complementary way at all levels of language organization. Languages function as dynamic systems because they are constituted not only by formal and abstract semantic rules, but also by pragmatic rules that co-articulate in verbal activity inherent meaning with practical knowledge and communicative situations. Languages use different techniques for the same function, for example for the apprehension of colors, s… Show more
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