The advancement of language study,from the picking and choosing between formalism and
functionalism to the concern of social
theorists about language till the arising of Critical Discourse Analysis,is intrinsically a representation of value orientation towards pragmatism;while the blooming of Critical Discourse Analysis is the certain product of the pragmatic turn of language study as well as the authentic embodiment of the requirement in which language study ought to serve the society and people in the society,thereby,to make real the ultimate care for the human being in the study of language.The paper is mainly divided into three sections.Section one is about the signs of practical turn in language study "pick and choose" between formalism and
functionalism;section two deals with the scattering of pragmatism in language study the concern of social theorists about discourse;section three explores the resort of
humanistic pragmatism in the study of languagethe emergence and prosperity of Critical Discourse Analysis.