Pragmatics and Semantics Many modern philosophical perspectives are based on semantics. Brandom, for example is focused on the meaning of words (albeit from a pragmatic perspective). Others adopt a more holistic approach to pragmatics, such as relevance theory, which seeks to understand how an expression is understood by the hearer. https://pragmatickorea77777.blogofchange.com/30320930/the-no-1-question-everyone-working-in-pragmatic-free-game-should-be-able-to-answer