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Chapter 7 Pragmatics 1. What is Pragmatics?? Relevant Language Use Observations and Questions to Ponder over Read the following story. What does the boy still need to learn about using language? A little boy comes in the front door. Mother: Wipe your feet, please. He removes his muddy shoes and socks and carefully wipes his clean feet on the doorma.t Summaries to Make and Linguistic Viewpoints to Learn Sometimes what we mean by what we say is not the same with what others understand. The gap between them is sometimes caused by unclear utterance, making the hearer not able t