The article examines the definition of pragmatics in linguistics, language in relation to the relationship between linguistics and pragmatics. The article describes the importance of holding this relationship for the project of a systematic formal approach to the study of language. The author supports the opinion to consider pragmatics as a scientific study of all aspects of linguistic behavior, since pragmatists include models of linguistic actions, linguistic functions, types of conclusions, principles of communication, knowledge bases, attitudes and beliefs, as well as organizational principles of text and discourse.