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Mey, Jacob L. 1979. Introduction. In Mey, Jacob L., ed. Pragmalinguistics, theory and practice. Mouton. pp. 9–17.
Publication type
Article in book
Publication language
English
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Pragmatics describes linguistic activity which is based on the same laws as all human activity. Production and consumption of an utterance or text is not a process in vacuo, but one that develops in, and according to, the interactants' actual condition as producers and consumers in a concrete societal setting. This also holds for production and consumption of linguistic theory.