Pragmaatilisi

Pragmaatilisi is a theoretical framework at the intersection of linguistics and computer science that seeks to model pragmatic meaning in natural language processing. It proposes a system for enriching textual representations with pragmatic annotations that capture speaker intent, discourse structure, and contextual cues. In practice, pragmaatilisi specifies an annotation scheme that attaches contextual tags to propositions and expressions, enabling downstream components to reason about implicature, speech acts, and directive force.

Origin and terminology: The term pragmaatilisi appears in interdisciplinary discussions as a constructed neologism combining "pragma" (pragmatic directive or practical use) with a suffix suggesting a systematic scheme. The concept has been explored in speculative and experimental contexts since the mid-2010s.

Core components: An annotation model, an inference engine, and evaluation mechanisms. Annotations include intent, audience constraints, conversational history, and discourse status. The inference component combines rule-based and statistical methods to propagate pragmatic information through inputs, producing contextually enriched representations for downstream tasks.

Applications: Providing richer interpretations for dialogue systems, enabling translations that preserve pragmatic force, supporting content moderation and accessibility features, and enhancing sentiment analysis with pragmatic cues.

Example: In the sentence "Could you pass the salt?", pragmaatilisi would annotate it as a request with indirect illocutionary force rather than a literal question, guiding response selection or translation to reflect the underlying directive.

Limitations and challenges: Precise definitions of pragmatics vary across contexts, data sparsity for rare acts, computational overhead, and the risk of misinterpreting intent in noisy or multilingual data.

See also: Pragmatics; Natural language processing; Annotation schema; Speech act theory.