Glossary P

Glossary P

Pragmatic development is the development of the communicative functions or uses of language.

Pragmatic principle is a principle about how words are used that, by hypothesis, helps children figure out the meaning of newly encountered words.

Pragmatic reasoning schemas are general organizing principles or rules related to particular kinds of goals, such as permissions, obligations, or causations

Pragmatics refers to the aspect of language that focuses on its appropriate use in social and communicative contexts.

Pragmatics of language the aspects of language that extend beyond the literal.

Pragmatists refer to people who believe that knowledge is validated by its usefulness

Prägnanz is a German word that refers to the act of perceiving so as to achieve maximum clarity.

Praxis is defined as the practical ways of doing things