Year | definition | source |
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1994 | "Pragmatics .. [is] .. distinguished from the other levels [phonology, syntax and semantics] as the branch of linguistics that investigates the rules and principles that govern language in use in its various contexts (situational, sociological, ideological, etc.). By definition, therefore, pragmatics is inter-disciplinary in nature." | Tan, Peter (1994, p.100) |
2001 | "Pragmatics studies the use of language in human communication as determined by the conditions of society" | Mey, Jacob L. (2001, p.6) |