Sentence examples for pragmatic conversation from inspiring English sources

As a Norwegian, used to sharing an Arctic border with Russia, he says that "even during the coldest period of the cold war we were able to have a pragmatic conversation with them on many security issues".

Idalis Figueroa, a political science student from Reno, supports Hillary Clinton for her commitment to women and family values but also wants to hear a more pragmatic conversation about immigration: I really care about immigration and I want to hear specifics about reform.

Some approaches to conversational modelling are discussed in order to indicate how research on the pragmatics of natural conversation might help in efforts to further enhance the effectiveness of assistive devices.

Designers of communication aids have begun to model pragmatic aspects of natural conversation in an attempt to help users to achieve their interactional goals in particular.

New data types are being born that encapsulate partisan showboating and wrap the debate in more pragmatic bursts of micro-conversation.

In real life, conversations can be purely pragmatic, or solipsistic; sometimes they're nothing more than an antidote to silence, sounds to fill the quiet margins of our social lives.

In conversation, Purdham veers from the pragmatic to the preposterous.

In conversation Lording generally strikes a pragmatic, unchurchy note that, you imagine, plays well with farmers and landed gentry out here on the borders.

However, it is thought that semantics and pragmatics are interdependent such that semantic deficits in word finding and naming may contribute to pragmatic problems in maintaining the topic of conversation or may overwhelm the cognitive ability of the patient, resulting in shouting or use of profanity.

Conversations now are about the pragmatic matters of compensation, subsidy, and the limits of livestock protection.

In conversation with Darshan Singh Bhuller, 2005 "Cohan's pragmatic dedication to furthering the cause of dance and nurturing new talent in Britain has been as important as the work of Ninette de Valois and Marie Rambert".