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An Analysis on the Prospect of Present Semantics Abstract: This paper analyzes the prospect of present semantics through a careful study of the relationship between pragmatics and semantics, of the broader domain of pragmatics, of the inefficiency of semantics, and of Relevance Theory as a propping theory of pragmatics. Then, it predicts the inevitable fate of semantics: semantics will grow more and more narrow and be absorbed in pragmatics in the end. Semantics is a discipline that studies the relationship between meaning of language and verbal expression. Since ancient times, a number o