Pragmatics and Semantics Many contemporary philosophical approaches to pragmatics focus on semantics. For example, Brandom focuses on linguistic meaning (albeit from a pragmatic perspective). Others choose an approach that is more holistic to pragmatics, like relevance theory, that aims to explore how an utterance is perceived by the person listening. https://pragmatic22086.blazingblog.com/29953924/the-reason-you-shouldn-t-think-about-how-to-improve-your-pragmatic-free-game