PRAGMATICS: FROM THE ORIGIN UNTIL NOWADAYS

Abstract

This work constitutes a concise sketch on the origin and development of pragmatics, throughout a brief analysis on how pragmatic interpretation of language has been conceived and understood, regarding not only its origins but also the most recent approaches. Moreover, we will try to draw up the boundaries of pragmatics and its aims according to different theoretical and methodological sources. In addition, this work seeks to justify the vast interest of the knowledge and use of pragmatic strategies while teaching and learning Spanish as a foreign language so that the speakers can manage to elaborate and interpret the discourse in an appropriate way, regarding intentionality and context.