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People do not always or even usually say what they ____________________ . This difference between what people say and what they mean is one of the key issues studied in ____________________ . Historically , Pragmatics developed as a ? reaction ? against the ____________________ view of linguistics put forward by ____________________ . In the case of the UK , Pragmatics stemmed from the ____________________ tradition , with important names such as Austin , Searle or Grice . Their main interest lied in ? ordinary language ____________________ ? . Since the early ____________________ , there has been a growing and unstoppable interest in Pragmatics , understood as " meaning in ____________________ ? or ? meaning in context " . However , this definition is too ____________________ . To sum up , it is really difficult to define Pragmatics as it implies setting boundaries and separating it from other ____________________ such as ____________________ or Discourse ____________________ .