What is Pragmatics Pragmatics is an important area of study for your course a simplified way of thinking about pragmatics is to recognise, for example, that language needs to be kept interesting-a speaker or writer does not want to bore a listener or reader, for example, by being over-long or tedious. So, humans strive to find linguistic means to make a text, perhaps, shorter, more interesting, more relevant more purposeful or more personal. Pragmatics allows this Steve campsallWhat is Pragmatics • “Pragmatics is an important area of study for your course. A simplified way of thinking about pragmatics is to recognise, for example, that language needs to be kept interesting - a speaker or writer does not want to bore a listener or reader, for example, by being over-long or tedious. So, humans strive to find linguistic means to make a text, perhaps, shorter, more interesting, more relevant, more purposeful or more personal. Pragmatics allows this. ” Steve Campsall