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Pragmatic Inference Quiz 2 (60 MCQs)

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1. When a child learns to adjust their language based on who they are speaking to (using simple words with younger kids versus with friends) what are they showing?
2. For the following indirect speech acts of utterance"It's obvious that Bill is going to be late for his interview"name the type of the implicit speech act of the utterance
3. A teenage boy says to another teenage boy, "Go ahead-Make me!" name the type of the implicit speech act of the utterance .....
4. The process of using additional information by the hearer to connect what was said with what must be meant is
5. "Let's meet on MONDAY." MONDAY is:
6. Showing awareness and consideration of another person's public self-image
7. An assumption made by the speaker or the writer.
8. Semantic meaning presented in dictionaries.
9. Listeners make inferences when they
10. An action in which the form used (e.g. interrogative) directly matches the function (e.g. question) performed by a speaker with an utterance
11. At what age do children typically begin to report stories in reference to themselves?
12. In pragmatics, what is the purpose of a face-saving act?
13. What kind of reference do this pronoun have? "Although I phone HER every week, my mother still complains that I don't keep in touch often enough."
14. What is the role of context in pragmatics?
15. An action in which the form used (e.g. interrogative) does not directly match the function (e.g. request) performed by a speaker with an utterance,
16. ..... express a statement. It is necessary to be an authority in that matter. A builder cannot marry a couple, but a priest can. e.g:I declare you husband and wife.
17. For the following indirect speech acts of utterance"It's obvious that Bill is going to be late for his interview"write out the implicit speech act of the utterance
18. '' A was was looking at us. He then disappeared"the subquent reference is definite or pronoun (he ..... )it is called .....
19. An action such as "promising" performed by a speaker with an utterance, either as a direct speech act or an indirect speech act
20. A woman says to someone next to her at the grocery store, "It's going to be a very windy day." name the type of the implicit speech act of the utterance .....
21. The act of affectingsomeone is also known as Perlocution.
22. What is reference?
23. Fill the blank: ..... is where words are omitted because the context makes it clear what is meant.
24. What inference can the hearer draw from "Some of the students passed the exam"
25. I am sorry to bother you.Do you agree that the sentence above is a positive face?
26. Which of the following is an example of a directive?
27. A person's public self-image as described in the study of politeness
28. What does the term 'face' refer to in pragmatics?
29. Never the word or the phrase that has a presupposition. Only speakers can have presuppositions.
30. "Can you open the window, please?"this statement is .....
31. Which of the following is NOT a "speech-act"
32. Which of these is NOT a feature of pragmatics?
33. An act by which a speaker/writer uses language to enable a listener/reader to identify someone or something
34. It is an additional information used by the listeners to connect what is said to what must be meant.
35. Pragmatics also focuses on conversational ..... , which is a method of communication in which the speaker implies and the listener infers. For example, when someone is using pragmatic language, they are suggesting or hinting a meaning towards the listener who supposes the accurate intention.
36. A judge says to a happy couple, "I now pronounce you husband and wife.name the type of the implicit speech act of the utterance .....
37. What is an example of non-verbal "Pragmatic Knowledge" ?
38. Children's understanding of "conversation" (i.e., norms and expectations) exceeds their understanding of the words said in a conversation.
39. Study of meaning in language.
40. Saying something that reduces a possible threat to another person's self-image
41. Using language to enable the hearer to identify something is called
42. Which of the following is NOT a component of "communicative competence" ?
43. Which of the following sentences relies on context for its meaning?
44. What does a reference concern?
45. The Co-operative Principle is also known as .....
46. Semantic meaning that involves or is arbitrary.
47. In pragmatics, what is an implicature?
48. Can you read this?The word "can" is used with the function of a question, it is described as?
49. A stretch of speech preceded and followed by silence or a change of speaker is called
50. What is temporal deixis?
51. The set of other words used in same phrase or sentence.
52. A. Can I borrow your Shakespeare?b.Yeah, it 's over there on the table.the infered reference '' Shakespeare" would be .....
53. In general, pragmatic "rules" and social conventions are universal across all of human language.
54. Entailments differ from presuppositions in the fact that the truth of presuppositions is taken for granted and is not affected by negation.
55. Which of the following is an example of a deictic expression?
56. What are examples of spatial deixis?
57. What is the term for the phenomenon where the meaning of a sentence is dependent on the context in which it is used?
58. What is the least direct way to ask to borrow a pencil?
59. The time and place in which we encounter a linguistic expression.
60. Using words such as now or tomorrow as a way of "pointing" to a time with language
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