The language study It helps to better understand the human being since the communication capacity is one of the great strengths of the human being, a clear example of personal humanity. A capacity that connects with the spiritual nature of the human being. The philosophy of language is a discipline that directly studies this object of study, a branch that also has more specific areas such as pragmatics, which is a branch of linguistics. To deepen the value of communication and language, it is important to specify that the meaning of a sentence has no value in itself but is better understood by referring to the context of that message.
A method through which to analyze the components and agents involved in communication
Definitely, pragmatics studies the general rules that govern the use of language in interpersonal communication processes between sender and receiver. In this way, the intention with which the sender sends a message to the receiver is taken into account, but also the interpretation that the recipient makes of a sentence. From this point of view, to better understand the meaning of a sentence, it is essential to refer to other extralinguistic elements. The same message can have one interpretation or another depending on the context in which it occurs.
Factors influencing the expression of messages
The notions that add value to the interpretation of a message are: the sender (who sends a message), the receiver (who receives it), the communicative intention with which a message is expressed, the verbal context in which that message is produced in a concrete situation. Often times when interpreting everyday conversations, we do not take all of these factors into account and this leads to misunderstandings.
The traditional "broken phone", regarding the misinterpretation of dialogue
For example, a person has been able to misinterpret the message he has received from a listener because he was in a hurry and he has not paid full attention to that communication, therefore, he has not heard the message as it is. There is a big difference between hearing and listening. Another possible error in communication is to assume certain personal assumptions that have not been verified.
In short, pragmatics shows that we must go beyond a literal interpretation of a sentence to deepen the value of the message, valuing all the aspects described above.
