Pragmatics and Semantics Many contemporary pragmatics theories based on philosophy focus on semantics. For instance, Brandom focuses on linguistic meaning (albeit from a pragmatic perspective). Others take a more holistic approach to pragmatics, such as relevance theory, which aims to study the underlying processes of an utterance by a hearer. https://pragmatic22198.blogrenanda.com/35819284/pragmatic-free-game-10-things-i-wish-i-d-known-earlier