This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Discourse > Pragmatics > Pragmatic Markers In Conversation – Quiz 5 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Pragmatic Markers In Conversation Quiz 5 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Who coined the phrase 'synthetic personalisation'? A) Grice. B) Fairclough. C) Drew & Heritage. D) Cameron. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Fairclough. 2. "Anything that has been uttered in the discourse prior to or along with the pronoun" , which type of context is it? A) Situational context. B) Linguistic context. C) Reflexive context. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Linguistic context. 3. Define Illocutionary Act: A) What is said classified into:representative, directive, question, commisive, expressive and declaration. B) What is done classified into:representative, directive, question, commisive, expressive and declaration. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) What is done classified into:representative, directive, question, commisive, expressive and declaration. 4. Define Literal Locutionary act A) When what is said is impossible within the context of what is being said. B) When what is said is exactly what is meant. C) When what is said is exaggerated. D) When what is said is ambiguous. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) When what is said is exactly what is meant. 5. The study of interactions between individuals and the underlying interactions and norms of expectations established in social groups and cultures. A) Implicature. B) Felicity. C) Politeness. D) Kindness. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Politeness. 6. What is Ellen's illocutionary act when she says " What?" (3:11-3:20) A) Promise. B) Compliment. C) Surprise. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Surprise. 7. Which type of discourse analysis explores how language use reveals power imbalances? A) Critical Discourse Analysis. B) Structural Discourse Analysis. C) Narrative Analysis. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Critical Discourse Analysis. 8. What type of statement is:Driving without a seat belt is illegal. A) Nonliteral Locutionary Act:. B) Literal Locutionary act:. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Literal Locutionary act:. 9. There are ..... basic kinds of illocutionary acts A) Four. B) Five. C) Three. D) Six. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Five. 10. Deixis which means 'pointing' via language is ..... (Except) A) Make sense out of meaning. B) A form of refering. C) Is derived from the context of utterance. D) Tied to speaker's context. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Make sense out of meaning. 11. Which concept involves speaker attitude and modality in their utterance? A) Stance. B) Presupposition. C) Disambiguation. D) Deixis. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Stance. 12. This element of communication can be defined as the use of time in nonverbal communication. A) Chronemics. B) Haptics. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Chronemics. 13. It is the mere act of producing some linguistic sounds or marks with a certain meaning and reference A) Illocutionary act. B) Locutionary act. C) Non speech act. D) Perlocutionary act. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Locutionary act. 14. This is how touching conveys messages in nonverbal communication. A) Chronemics. B) Haptics. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Haptics. 15. In a formal setting, when someone states, "I hereby pronounce you husband and wife, " what speech act is being performed? A) Locutionary act. B) Illocutionary act. C) Perlocutionary act. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Illocutionary act. 16. What role does context play in pragmatic analysis? A) Context is irrelevant to language interpretation. B) Context is only important in formal settings. C) Context is crucial in pragmatic analysis as it shapes the meaning and interpretation of language. D) Context only affects written language, not spoken. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Context is crucial in pragmatic analysis as it shapes the meaning and interpretation of language. 17. Define deixis and provide examples. A) Deixis refers to words that have fixed meanings regardless of context. B) Deixis is a term used for grammatical structures that do not change with context. C) Examples of deixis include 'cat', 'dog', and 'house'. D) Deixis is a linguistic term for words that require context to convey meaning, such as 'I', 'you', 'here', and 'now'. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Deixis is a linguistic term for words that require context to convey meaning, such as 'I', 'you', 'here', and 'now'. 18. What is the Illocutionary act of this utterance: "Can I have a slice of Pizza?" (Customer to waiter) A) The customer is asking whether he/she can have a slice of Pizza. B) A request to have a slice of Pizza. C) The waiter gets a slice of Pizza for the customer. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A request to have a slice of Pizza. 19. This is the use of words in relation to how we see the world, context, and participants in a speech act. A) Vocabulary. B) Accent. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Vocabulary. 20. Which of the following is a speech act with illocutionary force? A) 'Tomorrow is Saturday.'. B) 'What time is it?'. C) 'The book is red.'. D) 'I promise to help you tomorrow.'. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 'I promise to help you tomorrow.'. 21. What are implicatures and how do they function? A) Implicatures are implied meanings in conversation that rely on context and shared knowledge. B) Implicatures have no relation to context or shared knowledge. C) Implicatures are only used in written communication. D) Implicatures are always explicit statements in conversation. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Implicatures are implied meanings in conversation that rely on context and shared knowledge. 22. It relates to the relation between words and expressions, and their logical word order. A) Logic. B) Syntax. C) Semantics. D) Pragmatics. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Syntax. 23. Semantics is the study of A) The relations of linguistic units to context. B) The relations of linguistic units to the object they denote. C) The relations of the grammatical relations of linguistic units to one another and the grammatical structures of the phrases. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The relations of linguistic units to the object they denote. 24. In speech act theory, utterances have two kinds of meaning:Propositional meaning and illocutionary meaning. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 25. "The actual words uttered '' belongs to ..... A) Perlocutionary. B) Locutionary. C) Illocutionary. D) Locationary. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Locutionary. 26. Perlocutionary act is the effect of the utterance on the hearer, depending on specific circumstances. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 27. Action performed when an utterance is produced. This can be analyzed on three different levels:locution, illocutionary force, and perlocutionary effect. A) Chat. B) Cataphora. C) Speech act. D) Parlay. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Speech act. 28. What is presupposition? A) The expression of relative distance. B) The study of how more gets communicated than is said. C) The study of extra-truth-conditional meaning. D) The assumed-to-be-true fact upon which an utterance is delivered. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The assumed-to-be-true fact upon which an utterance is delivered. 29. Constative utterances can be true or false. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 30. You, me, him, her, their are all examples of A) Temporal deixis. B) Spacial deixis. C) Personal deixis. D) All three options. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Personal deixis. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesDiscourse QuizzesGrammar QuizzesPragmatic Markers In Conversation Quiz 1Pragmatic Markers In Conversation Quiz 2Pragmatic Markers In Conversation Quiz 3Pragmatic Markers In Conversation Quiz 4Pragmatic Markers In Conversation Quiz 6Pragmatic Markers In Conversation Quiz 7Conversation Analysis QuizConversation Skills Quiz 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books