This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Discourse > Pragmatics > Pragmatic Markers In Conversation – Quiz 2 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Pragmatic Markers In Conversation Quiz 2 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What is you sister's name? A) Yulia. B) Roberts. C) Andrew. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Yulia. 2. What is 'interlanguage pragmatics' primarily concerned with? A) How advanced learners use idioms. B) How native speakers teach slang. C) How L2 learners acquire and use pragmatics. D) The structure of compound nouns. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) How L2 learners acquire and use pragmatics. 3. Mother: "John, please stop playing game." This is an example of ..... A) Directive. B) Commissive. C) Expressive. D) Assertive. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Directive. 4. Which of Grice's maxims emphasizes providing as much information as needed, without excess? A) Maxim of Quantity. B) Maxim of Manner. C) Maxim of Quality. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Maxim of Quantity. 5. What is the significance of turn-taking in conversations? A) Turn-taking is significant as it ensures orderly communication and mutual respect in conversations. B) Turn-taking is irrelevant in casual conversations. C) Turn-taking only applies to formal discussions. D) Turn-taking disrupts the flow of conversation. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Turn-taking is significant as it ensures orderly communication and mutual respect in conversations. 6. Who proposed that language could be used to perform acts with words, as outlined in "How to Do Things with Words" ? A) David Crystal. B) J.L. Austin. C) H.P. Grice. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) J.L. Austin. 7. It is the last level of analysis of a speech act. It is the result of the words:what is done by uttering the words; it is the effect on the hearer, the hearer's reaction. A) Relevance. B) Pragmatics. C) Locution. D) Perlocution. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Perlocution. 8. "Come along in, and have some tea!" "A little beer would suit me better, if it is all the same to you, my good sir." This passage contains an example of ..... A) Substitution. B) Ellipsis. C) Pragmatics. D) Maxim of Relevance. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ellipsis. 9. What are the appropriateness conditions on speech acts? A) Felicity condition, propositional condition, sincerity condition, essential condition. B) Presupposition condition, implicature condition, deixis condition, speech act condition. C) Propositional act, preparatory condition, sincerity condition, essential condition. D) Spatial condition, temporal condition, personal condition, relative condition. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Felicity condition, propositional condition, sincerity condition, essential condition. 10. When you are in a known domain of discourse or when you know what social roles yourinteractant occupies, you will probably(Except) A) Have difficulty in assigning sense andreference. B) Have little difficulty to determine wordsin/with context. C) Have little difficulty in assigning thecorrect sense to an ambiguous lexicalitem. D) Have problems when there are rapidchanges of topic. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Have difficulty in assigning sense andreference. 11. This form of Linguistic Register is sometimes called the static register because it refers to historic language or communication that is intended to remain unchanged, like a constitution or prayer. A) Frozen. B) Formal. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Frozen. 12. Which illocutionary act is performed in the sentence, "I love linguistics!" ? A) Expressive. B) Declarative. C) Assertive. D) Commissive. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Expressive. 13. Define Isogloss- A) Northern and Southern varieties that make up the main dialects. B) The different styles or registers that range from formal to informal situations. C) A line that demarcates the area in which some phonological, lexical, morphological, or syntactic feature can be found. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A line that demarcates the area in which some phonological, lexical, morphological, or syntactic feature can be found. 14. In Austin's Speech Act theory, an illucutionary act refers to A) The effects produced in the listener/reader on hearing/reading the illocutionary act. B) The intention the speaker has when saying or writing something. C) The act of saying or writing something in language using literal content of words. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The intention the speaker has when saying or writing something. 15. "I sentence you to 10 years in prison" . This is an example of ..... A) Performative utterance. B) Phatic utterance. C) Constative utterance. D) Ethical utterance. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Performative utterance. 16. This is the term used to describe body language. A) Kinesics. B) Haptics. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Kinesics. 17. Define Pragmatics A) The study of language. B) The study of how language is affected by the context in which it occurs. C) The study of sounds. D) The study of grammar. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The study of how language is affected by the context in which it occurs. 18. Direct and indirect speech acts are distinguished by the structure of the sentence and the function it performs. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 19. In the study of discourse, what purpose does analyzing a politician's speech serve? A) To identify grammatical structure. B) To understand language in a vacuum. C) To situate language in its social and political context. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To situate language in its social and political context. 20. - " Honey, I'll be there tomorrow" . This is an example of ..... A) Declaration. B) Commissive. C) Assertive. D) Directive. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Commissive. 21. Structural ambiguity occurs when A) The source of ambiguity in semantic. B) The source of ambiguity is stylistic. C) The source of ambiguity is pragmatic. D) The source of ambiguity is syntactic. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The source of ambiguity is syntactic. 22. Jack:Did you make a doctor's appointment? Laura:Their line was busy. What is the conversational implicature between Jack and Laura? A) Laura is busy. B) The doctor is busy. C) Laura didn't make an appointment. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Laura didn't make an appointment. 23. What is the illocution of the following statement?"Kids, the classroom is a mess!" A) The speaker asserts that the room is untidy. B) The speaker wants the hearer to clean up the room. C) The hearer cleans up the room. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The speaker wants the hearer to clean up the room. 24. What type of speech act involves performing an act by using language, such as making a promise or an apology? A) Locutionary act. B) Illocutionary act. C) Perlocutionary act. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Illocutionary act. 25. This is the use of pitch in a language to distinguish a lexical item. A) Tone of voice. B) Oral Language Pronunciation. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Tone of voice. 26. Define Implicature A) Implying a meaning beyond the literal purpose of what is explicitly stated. B) Literally stating a meaning. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Implying a meaning beyond the literal purpose of what is explicitly stated. 27. I wish you were here.the word "here" above is the example of temporal deixis. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 28. Which of the following is an example of expressive? A) Congratulations and best wishes. B) Can I take you out for dinner?. C) You are terminated. D) I will marry you someday. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Congratulations and best wishes. 29. "I name this ship 'Liberty Bell" '.This is an example of ..... A) Phatic utterance. B) Constative utterance. C) Ethical utterance. D) Performative utterance. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Performative utterance. 30. Implicature is an act that a speaker performs when making an utterance. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. 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