This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Discourse > Pragmatics > Pragmatic Markers In Conversation – Quiz 3 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Pragmatic Markers In Conversation Quiz 3 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Describe how socio linguistics can impact language policy. A) Sociolinguistics impacts language policy by informing inclusive practices, recognizing minority languages, and promoting multilingualism. B) Sociolinguistics only focuses on grammar and syntax. C) Language policy is solely determined by economic factors. D) Sociolinguistics has no effect on language policy decisions. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sociolinguistics impacts language policy by informing inclusive practices, recognizing minority languages, and promoting multilingualism. 2. Assumption prior to an utterance is called A) Presupposition. B) Assumption. C) Factive. D) None of them. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Presupposition. 3. The propositional base of an utterance is its A) Subjective part. B) Objective part. C) Both. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Objective part. 4. The structure and function of the following utterance: "How beautiful your dress is!" respectively are: A) Direct / Expressive. B) Exclamatory / Exclamation. C) Exclamatory / Expressive. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Exclamatory / Exclamation. 5. Which aspect of discourse analysis is essential for understanding social goals such as maintaining friendships or navigating conflicts? A) Pragmatic understanding. B) Ideological discourse. C) Social discourse goals. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Social discourse goals. 6. Selecting the appropriate speech act strategies and the linguistic forms for realizing it depends on A) The social status and the culture of the interlocutors. B) Their age. C) Their social distance. D) All of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of these. 7. According to the Maxim of Quality ..... A) You should only say only what you believe to be true. B) You should be sincere and unambiguous. C) You should say enough, but not too much. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) You should only say only what you believe to be true. 8. This is the specific variety of language that is used in a specific social setting. A) Pragmatics. B) Register. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Register. 9. In phatic utterances, the content is more important than the act of uttering. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 10. What role does speaker intention play in pragmatics? A) Speaker intention is the same as literal meaning. B) Speaker intention only affects written communication. C) Speaker intention is irrelevant in understanding context. D) Speaker intention plays a key role in pragmatics by guiding the interpretation of meaning in context. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Speaker intention plays a key role in pragmatics by guiding the interpretation of meaning in context. 11. A perlocutionary 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: A) The effects produced in the listener/reader on hearing/reading the illocutionary act. 12. The assumption that the speaker and hearer recognize the same assumptions or beliefs, based on their similar notions and participants in the context A) Stereotypes. B) Prejudice. C) Maxim of Quality. D) Presupposition. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Presupposition. 13. What is the primary focus of socio linguistics? A) The technical aspects of language syntax. B) The study of grammar rules. C) The relationship between language and society. D) The history of language evolution. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The relationship between language and society. 14. What is the study of pragmatics? A) The study of language from the user's point of view. B) The study of grammar and syntax. C) The study of phonetics and phonology. D) The study of semantics. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The study of language from the user's point of view. 15. A type of context where the message is direct, explicit, as in the utterance ( "Oh I forgot my cell phone ..... Would you mind if I use yours to make a phone call?"). A) Low. B) High. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Low. 16. Understanding pragmatics depends on A) Grammar. B) Context. C) Format. D) Spelling. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Context. 17. Refer to all the written language, oral language and the paralanguage. A) Linguistic components. B) Extralinguistic components. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Linguistic components. 18. Nonliteral Locutionary Act A) When what is said is exaggerated. B) When what is said is ambiguous. C) When what is said is impossible within the context of what is being said. D) When what is said is exactly what is meant. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) When what is said is impossible within the context of what is being said. 19. Which answer is not a semantic changes A) Cognate. B) Specialization. C) Amelioration. D) Generalization. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cognate. 20. (Before leaving the house)Monica:Got the keys?Rachel:Okay.The question in bold can be describe as a ..... A) Invitation. B) Request. C) Advertising. D) Complaint. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Request. 21. The structure and function of the following utterance: "Can I have a bottle of water?" respectively are: A) Request / Interrogative. B) Interrogative / Request. C) Interrogative / Command. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Interrogative / Request. 22. Which is NOT an area of pragmatics? A) The study of how words can be combined into sentences. B) The study of contextual meaning. C) The study of speaker meaning. D) The study of expression of relative distance. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The study of how words can be combined into sentences. 23. A speaker fails to observe a maxim because of their imperfect linguistic performance. This can happen if the speaker has an imperfect command of the language ..... or if they are simply incapable of speaking clearly. A) Failure. B) Infringing. C) Mistake. D) Error. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Infringing. 24. "Emily studies Japanese."This is an example of ..... A) Ethical utterance. B) Phatic utterance. C) Performative utterance. D) Constative utterance. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Constative utterance. 25. Which of the following is an example of grammaticalization? A) 'Will' changing from intention to future marker. B) 'Salt' meaning both flavor and mineral. C) 'Run' used metaphorically. D) 'May' used for politeness. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 'Will' changing from intention to future marker. 26. The speech is indirect, subtle, and understood basically because of social situation signs A) Low context. B) High context. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) High context. 27. Define Language Change A) How language changes over time. B) How people speak in different situations. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) How language changes over time. 28. Define the term 'speech act' in the context of pragmatics. A) A speech act is an utterance that performs an action in communication, reflecting the speaker's intention. B) A speech act is a type of grammatical structure in a language. C) A speech act is an expression of a speaker's emotional state. D) A speech act refers to the physical act of speaking aloud. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A speech act is an utterance that performs an action in communication, reflecting the speaker's intention. 29. The relationship between the verbal expression and state of affair in the outer world as accurate regardless who produces it is concerned of A) Pragmatics. B) Signifier. C) Semantics. D) Signified. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Semantics. 30. When discussing pragmatics, what does 'physical context' refer to? A) Social relationship between speakers. B) Location, situation, and timing of words. C) Previously spoken phrases. D) None of the above. 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