This is a discussion and file-sharing group for members of the Japan Association for Language Teaching Pragmatics Special Interest Group.

What is meant by 'pragmatics'? There are numerous definitions but David Crystal puts it this way: "Pragmatics is the study of language from the point of view of users, especially of the choices they make, the constraints they encounter in using language in social interaction and the effects their use of language has on other participants in the act of communication." Thus pragmatics covers a very broad range of topics from specific linguistic investigations to broader issues of human behavior in relation to language and perception.