Social interaction Pragmatics is the study of the ability of language users to pair sentences with the contexts il in which they would be appropriate. Levinson, 1983: 24) (In this book i shall be working towards a definition of )pragmatics as meaning in interaction (Tomas, 1995: 24) Pragmatics is the study of the expression of relative distance (Yule, 1996: 3)Social interaction • Pragmatics is the study of the ability of language users to pair sentences with the contexts in which they would be appropriate.( Levinson, 1983:24) • (In this book I shall be working towards a definition of )pragmatics as meaning in interaction.(Tomas, 1995:24) • Pragmatics is the study of the expression of relative distance.(Yule, 1996:3)