The study on Meaning

By Nick Osuna
& Leidy Veloza
An example of meaning
Greetings category
Pragmatics relation

The implicature
To flirt with a pretty woman
The beginning of dating
To start a conversation with
a pretty woman
To give attention to a pretty
woman
Use of gestures such as the
smile, the gaze, raising an
eyebrow
* Joey does not greet men
with this phrase
A seduction technique
Under these contexts, the meaning of how you
doin? produces different reactions on women and, in
the real life this phrase is used in informal contexts
and mostly by young people.

Also, if Joey used this phrase (i.e. how you doin?) on
men, he would be gay because straight men use a
serious mode to greet.
The meaning