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Implicature Exercises Quiz 1 (60 MCQs)

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1. Which maxim focuses on providing just enough information, neither too much nor too little?
2. "John:Can I come to your house to copy your notes tonight? Sarah:I have to work part-time."Particularized conversational implicature in this conversation is:
3. A particularized conversational implicature occurs when a conversation doesn't take place in a very specific context.
4. FOUR elements should be fulfilled when having a good conversation, EXCEPT .....
5. But if you can tolerate it, what follows will explain why free trade sometimes hurts the world economy.The utterance in this sentence implicates:
6. In the sentence "I haven't received a letter from him yet." what is implied from the speaker's utterance?
7. Words belong to CONVENTIONAL IMPLICATURE .....
8. One tries to be as clear, brief, and orderly as possible in what one says, and when obscurity and ambiguity are avoided when obeying the maxim of .....
9. What might be a conversational implicature of the statement, "This room is cozy" ?
10. "Don't make your contribution more informative than is required" What maxim does this rule belong to?
11. Which kind of maxims does this conversation NOT follow?A: "Hey, how was your weekend?"B: "It was good, I went to the beach with my family, we had a lot of fun, the weather was great, we had a barbecue on Saturday night. It was a really nice weekend."
12. A:Have you seen the movie Squid Game? It's very attractive! B:I haven't watched it yet but I'll try it tomorrow.
13. Which of these is the example of a violation of the maxim of quantity?
14. Which of the following best describes implicature?
15. Which kind of maxims does this conversation NOT follow?A: "Have you ever read "The little mermaid?"B: "Yes, this story is about a race bewteen turtle and rabbit."
16. "John walked into a house yesterday and saw a dog." What kind of implicature can you find in this utterance?
17. "He sometimes writes to me" What kind of implicature can you find in this utterance?
18. Two types of conversational implicature are:
19. Annie:What do you think of this necklace andbracelet?Mike:They're just things to wear
20. To try to deliver our intended messages successfully and smoothly in a coversation, we NEED .....
21. Which of the following sentences contains an implicatures of "contrast" ?
22. "Not to change the subject" is the hedge of
23. One tries to be relevant by saying things that are relevant to the discussion when obeying the maxim of .....
24. Where one tries to be as informative as one possibly can, and gives as much information as is needed, and no more is the definition of the maxim of .....
25. Implicatures are primary examples of more being communicated than is said.
26. A:Would you like some coffee?B:It would keep me awake all night.
27. TRUE or FALSE:"Generalized implicature is a conversational implicature that is inferable without reference to a special context."
28. Grice's cooperative principle is a set of norms that are expected in conversations. It consists of ..... ?
29. As speaker we have to tell the truth or something that is provable by adequate evidence
30. You don't need this to make an IMPLICATURE
31. "I'm writing an essay on metonymy. It is a type of figure of speech!"What kind of maxim does the sentence above has?
32. "Will Sally be at the meeting this afternoon?-Her car broke down" What kind of implicature can you find in this utterance?
33. Characteristics of conversational implicature?
34. When speakers flout the Maxim of Manner, .....
35. When adhering to the maxim of manner, what should a speaker aim to do?
36. What type of implicature occurs when a speaker implies something without directly stating it?
37. A conventional implicature can be canceled by further information or context.
38. GENERALIZED CONVERSATIONAL IMPLICATURE does not need .....
39. Which maxim does the answer violate? "A:I hear you went to the opera last night; how was the lead singer?B:The singer produced a series of sounds corresponding closely to the score of an aria from 'Rigoletto" '
40. We can ..... our conversational implicature
41. In implicature, what distinguishes the implied meaning from the explicit meaning?
42. ..... regarding the limitation of information conveyed by the speaker.
43. Which one of these options is not a type of maxim?
44. Conventional implicature can be:
45. When no special knowledge is required in the context to calculate the additional conveyed meaning, it is called a generalized conversational implicature.
46. "A:Where is my phone? B:Your brother is hiding something." The above dialogue is an example of .....
47. All of the options below are violations of the rule of the maxim of quantity, except .....
48. When adhering to the maxim of relevance, what should a speaker aim to do?
49. The true meaning of implicature is .....
50. What is NOT the statement in the maxim of manner?
51. Which of the following is an example of conversational implicature?
52. Many expressions such as " business is business" , or "boys will be boys" are called .....
53. "Don't say what you believe to be false" What maxim does this above rule belong to?
54. The idea of COOPERATION in a conversation means that .....
55. Which of these sentences contain a quality maxim violation?
56. When a speaker says, "I have no money left in my wallet, " the implicature might be:
57. One attempts to be truthful and does not provide information that is false or unsupported by evidence when obeying the ..... maxim.
58. Rick: "Want to grab dinner at that new restaurant?" Tom: "I'm on diet this week."What kind of implicature was Tom's response classified in?
59. Can conventional implicature cancellable?
60. Which kind of maxims does this conversation NOT follow?A: "What are you doing?"B: "1+1=2, 2+2=4, 4+1=5"
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