Pragmatics Is Defined as the __________

question 62

Multiple Choice

Pragmatics is defined as the __________.

• A) practical aspects of communicating with others, or the social "niceties" of language
• B) system of rules that governs how we combine words to form grammatical sentences
• C) language rules that determine how sounds and words can be combined and used to communicate meaning within a language
• D) language rules used to solve problems between people

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Definitions:

Antonio Negri

An Italian Marxist sociologist and political philosopher known for his co-authorship of "Empire," which examines global capitalism and its networks of power.

Appadurai's Landscapes

Refers to Arjun Appadurai's conceptual framework on the fluid, dynamic global cultural flows categorized into five dimensions: ethnoscapes, technoscapes, financescapes, mediascapes, and ideoscapes.

Nation-States

Politically sovereign entities characterized by a defined territory, permanent population, a government, and the capacity to enter into relations with other states.

Disjunctures

Points of disruption or disconnection in societal, cultural, or technological systems, where expected flows or relationships are broken.