A PRAGMA-SEMANTICS OF BETTING LANGUAGE

Abstract

It is said that pragmatics and semantics are closely interrelated and that there is a considerable overlap between them to the extent that they can be regarded as sister disciplines. This research aims at investigating the relationship between them highlighting their similarities and detecting their differences through the languages used by betters. In order to fulfill the objectives of the study, the researchers conducted an oral interview in some betting shop were the data were gathered. A pragmasemantic analysis of the obtained results is provided, along with a discussion of the potential work. From the analysis, it was observed that home means when a football club stays in her club’s stadium to play a match with another club who visits whereas away is when a football club visits another club in her stadium. Conclusions were made on the uniqueness of the languages being used in betting which is peculiar only to the betters or anyone who has learnt the languages.