Abstract
The study of a natural or artificial language is traditionally split into three areas:
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Syntax: This deals with the form, shape, structure etc. of the various expressions in the language.
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(ii)
Semantics: This deals with the meaning of the language.
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(iii)
Pragmatics: This deals with the uses of the language.
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Gordon, M.J.C. (1979). Introduction. In: The Denotational Description of Programming Languages. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-6228-2_1
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