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Abstract
Information can be inferred beyond what speakers actually say. This subfield of Linguistics that studies how context influences the meaning of a language is called Pragmatics. This thesis has conducted a pragmatic study of the metafictional quality of John Simmons Barth’s Postmodernist work. It has begun with defining the term ”pragmatics” and highlighting the roles of pioneer pragmaticians. It has employed deixis, implicature, and speech acts to analyze Lost in the Funhouse (1968) and Chimera (1972); the former is a collection of short stories whereas, Chimera is a collection of novellas. In order to explore interpretive possibilities of the intended messages, implicature, deixis and speech acts have been employed to explain characters’ utterances and their significance, both in terms of authorial viewpoint and character’s perspective. It has revealed the intended message beyond what speakers actually say.