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Pragmatics –I definition By Liu Donglou May 17/23, 2012 Contents Definition of pragmatics Semantics vs pragmatics Sentence vs utterance Context Prelude 1. Two Examples: Example One Situation: 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 doormat. Example Two: Situation: A father is trying to get his 3-year-old daughter to stop lifting up her dress to display her new underwear to the assembled guests. Father: We don’t DO that. Daughter: I KNOW, Daddy. You don’t WEAR dresses. A poem When a d