ANALYSIS OF PRAGMATIC CONCEPTS IN MODERN LINGUISTICS THROUGH A QUALITATIVE LITERATURE REVIEW APPROACH

Abstract

This study aims to analyze pragmatic concepts in modern linguistics through a qualitative literature review approach. Pragmatics is an important branch of linguistics because it examines how meaning is constructed through context, speaker intention, hearer interpretation, and social interaction. Unlike structural approaches that focus mainly on linguistic form, pragmatics emphasizes language use in real communicative situations. This study applies qualitative research with a literature study design and library research technique. The data were obtained from secondary sources, including academic books, journal articles, and previous studies related to pragmatics, modern linguistics, speech acts, implicature, presupposition, deixis, context, and politeness. The collected data were analyzed using thematic analysis by identifying, classifying, and interpreting major themes found in the literature. The findings show that pragmatic concepts are essential for understanding meaning beyond literal and grammatical structures. Context functions as the foundation of interpretation, while speech acts explain language as communicative action. Implicature reveals implied meaning, presupposition identifies background assumptions, deixis shows context-dependent reference, and politeness explains the social dimension of language use. The study also finds that pragmatics has become increasingly relevant in modern linguistics because it connects language with discourse, culture, communication, education, and digital interaction. This research contributes to linguistic scholarship by offering a systematic conceptual synthesis of pragmatic concepts as interconnected elements in meaning interpretation. Therefore, pragmatics should be understood not only as a theoretical branch of linguistics, but also as an analytical framework for examining language use in contemporary communicative contexts.