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die Pragmatik

pragmatics; study of language in use

In der Pragmatik haben wir besprochen, weshalb die Frage nach einem offenen Fenster je nach Situation auch als Bitte zum Schließen verstanden werden kann.

In pragmatics, we discussed why a question about an open window can also be understood as a request to close it, depending on the situation.

practical considerations; pragmatic approach

Aus Gründen der Pragmatik haben wir zunächst nur das Erdgeschoss renoviert, obwohl eine gleichzeitige Sanierung des ganzen Hauses langfristig günstiger gewesen wäre.

For practical reasons, we initially renovated only the ground floor, although renovating the whole house at once would have been cheaper in the long term.

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