The signals in any communication system have meaning, and semantics looks at the relations of signs to meaning. Connotative meaning includes a mental context, which can be interpreted as an individual idea, and cultural context, which would take into consideration the cultural meaning for certain words or ideas. Semantics looks at literal meaning and pragmatics looks at the relationship of signs to interpreters. For pragmaticians, the context of the sentence is of the utmost importance. They are interested in people and how they use language.
Pragmatics is the study of the underlying assumptions that one makes.
Very different interpretations of meaning can be made depending on the context in which they are uttered. Give examples of how meaning could change according to context.