Context o Pragmatics is the study of contextual meaning (Yule1963) Pragmatics can be usefully defined as the study of now utterance have meanings In situations. Leech, 1983:X Pragmatics, as a topic in linguistics, is the study of the use of context to make inferences about meaning( Fasold, 1993: 119, from Schiffrin) Pragmatics is the study of the conditions of human language uses as these are determined by the context of society. Mey, 1993: 42Context • Pragmatics is the study of contextual meaning. ( Yule,1996:3) • Pragmatics can be usefully defined as the study of how utterance have meanings in situations.( Leech,1983:x) • Pragmatics, as a topic in linguistics, is the study of the use of context to make inferences about meaning.( Fasold,1993:119, from Schiffrin) • Pragmatics is the study of the conditions of human language uses as these are determined by the context of society.( Mey,1993:42)