The purpose of this Chapter is to provide some indication 
of the scope of linguistic pragmatics.1 The origin and historical vagaries of the term 
pragmatics 
The modern usage of the term pragmatics is attributable 
to the philosopher Charles Morris (1938), who was concerned to 
outline (after Locke and Peirce)1 the general shape of a science of 
signs, or semiotics (or semiotic as Morris preferred).First, the historical origin of the 
term pragmatics will be briefly summarized, in order to indicate 
some usages of the term that are divergent from the usage in this book.In passing, 
some analytical notions that are useful background will be 
introduced.1.