Pragmatics Quiz 4 (20 MCQs)

Quiz Instructions

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1. A. Can I borrow your Shakespeare?b.Yeah, it 's over there on the table.the infered reference " Shakespeare" would be .....

Correct Answer: A) Book.

2. When you avoid ambiguity you are fulfilling Grice's maxim of .....

Correct Answer: D) Manner.

3. Which of the following is NOT a discourse feature we would expect to see in spontaneous conversations?

Correct Answer: A) Emoticons.

4. Who coined the phrase 'synthetic personalisation'?

Correct Answer: D) Fairclough.

5. The pragmatic component of an utterance is its

Correct Answer: B) Subjective part.

6. What type of faces exist?

Correct Answer: C) Positive faces and Negative faces.

7. ..... is a research method for studying written or spoken language in relation to its social context.

Correct Answer: B) Discourse analysis.

8. According to the preparatory condition .....

Correct Answer: B) There must be prerequisites for a succesful act.

9. Classify this type of politeness strategy when the speaker is making a request: "Hello friend, let me use your phone for a second."

Correct Answer: B) Positive politeness.

10. Which of the following options is not part of the three speech act?

Correct Answer: B) Complaint.

11. Levels of meaning includes abstract meaning-which can also be defined as

Correct Answer: C) Dictionary meaning.

12. How many components does the speech events through?

Correct Answer: C) 4.

13. Define Dialect

Correct Answer: A) A systematic variety of a language specific or a particular group.

14. The expression which is used to maintain reference to something or someone already mentioned is called .....

Correct Answer: A) Anaphoric reference.

15. " I am going to buy a present THERE ". THERE is:

Correct Answer: A) Spacial deixis.

16. "I will join you THIS EVENING ". THIS EVENING is:

Correct Answer: B) Temporal deixis.

17. In a direct speech act, the imperative functions as:

Correct Answer: C) Order or request.

18. Classify this type of politeness strategy when the speaker is making a request: "Let's get out of here."

Correct Answer: B) Positive politeness.

19. Below are the four types of sentence functions, except .....

Correct Answer: B) Exclamative.

20. WHAT SPEECH ACT IS PRESENTED IN THE FOLLOWING STATEMENT: "I assure you that I will be back early, mommy"

Correct Answer: B) COMPROMISIVO.