SEMANTICS & PRAGMATICS
Analysis of Two Texts, 1500 WORD

Linguistics is the science of a language. Linguists depend on the use of certain aspects in order to analyse, describe and explain a human language; these aspects include semantics and pragmatics.
Semantics can be defined as the study of "meaning" of lexical words and expressions independently of context. Where pragmatics is the process of recognising the "invisible meaning" of lexical items and expressions; taking into account the speaker's/ addressee's intention, the status of hearer/ receiver and the actual situation.
This paper will explain the process we, as humans usually follow to understand a certain text or utterance. This explanation would be achieved through the analysis of two journal articles from semantics and pragmatics perspective, taking into account a range of techniques associated with each of the two concepts including:
Semantics Aspects: Synonymy, antonymy, hyponymy, prototypes, homophones and......

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Title: Semantics & Pragmatics
Approximate Word Count: 1477
Approximate Pages: 6 (250 words per double-spaced page)

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