American Research Journal of English and Literature

 The focus of pragmatic theories from classical to contemporary times includes speech acts, contexts, shared knowledge and meaning (implicatures and presuppositions). As a reaction to the state of the literature of pragmatics, the Pragma-crafting theory attempts to elucidate novel concepts and issues in human communication across genres. The theory is both an improvement and an extension of Mey (2001). Any framework for the pragmatic analysis of discourse should be the product of interdisciplinary research. This paper examines the strengths and weaknesses of the Pragma-crafting Theory. Indeed, pragmatics, semantics, semiotics and sociolinguistics interact to underscore the interpretation of language via linguistic and extra linguistic “agencies” of communication. This study briefly examines some classical and contemporary pragmatic theories with a view to locating the ways in which the Pragma-crafting Theory adds new insights to existing body of knowledge in the literature. The study finds that the theory establishes new categories of predating notions, and evolves thought-provoking perspectives in cross-cultural pragmatics.