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the two theories of locution and illocution which clarify the importance of
and illustrate the difference between pragmatics and semantics in terms of their
approaches to analyzing sentences.
Moreover, there are certain conjunctions such as "so" and "but" which can be studied
only within a pragmatic framework than a semantic one.
for instance, "So?" could mean multiple things depending on the context in which it
has been said.