This article inquires into the role of meaning in linguistic pragmatics (conceived in its widest interdisciplinary sense as a cognitive, social, and cultural perspective on language and communication) ...

WE are often advised by our leaders, both in government and business communities, to be pragmatic in addressing difficult and controversial problems. There are also arguments that we need to be ...

Pragmatic markers (PrMs) comprise a functional class of linguistic items that do not typically change the propositional meaning of an utterance but are essential for the organization and structuring ...