This paper highlights the historical overview of pragmatics. Pragmatics is the systematic study of meaning by virtue or dependent on, the use of language. It is the study of the context-dependent aspects of meaning which is systematically abstracted away from the construction of logical form. This study is a review article which discusses the historical development of pragmatics as an aspect of the study of language including the scope, subject matter or object of study. The paper also investigates the interface between pragmatics, semantics and discourse analysis.