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Semantics is concerned with the study of meaning in language.

It examines how words, phrases, and sentences


convey meaning and how meaning is structured and represented in a language system. Semantics deals with the
literal interpretation of words and sentences, focusing on the relationships between words and their denotations
(literal meanings). It explores concepts such as word definitions, lexical relationships, truth conditions, and logical
structure. Semantics aims to understand the inherent meaning of language independent of the context in which it is
used.
Pragmatics, on the other hand, is the study of how language is used in context and how meaning is influenced by the
communicative intentions of the speaker, the context of the interaction, and the shared knowledge and assumptions
between participants. Pragmatics focuses on how language users convey meaning beyond the literal interpretation of
words and sentences. It deals with aspects such as implicature, presupposition, speech acts, conversational maxims,
politeness, and contextual effects. Pragmatics examines how context, inference, and social factors shape the
interpretation and understanding of utterances.

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