This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Discourse > Pragmatics > Pragmatic Markers In Conversation – Quiz 7 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Pragmatic Markers In Conversation Quiz 7 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Greetings and comments about the weather can be considered phatic utterances. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 2. What is pragmatics in linguistics? A) Pragmatics is the study of how context affects meaning in language. B) Pragmatics is concerned with the historical development of languages. C) Pragmatics focuses on the sounds of speech. D) Pragmatics is the study of sentence structure. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Pragmatics is the study of how context affects meaning in language. 3. Which utterance is an exclamation (by function)? A) What a beautiful song!. B) Can I join your party?. C) Sit down, please!. D) It is raining heavily. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) What a beautiful song!. 4. They refer to a broader category of a word, contrary to a synonym, these words link words to more of a general term which a word can fit in. A) Synonyms. B) Antonyms. C) Cataphoras. D) Superordinates. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Superordinates. 5. Yes or No:You are in the middle of an open field of edible wildflowers. You feel you are being watched. You gesture a universal sign of "I won't hurt you, unless you try to hurt me." while turning around. Is pragmatics involved in your situation? A) Yes. B) No. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Yes. 6. "They will bring the cake."This is an example of ..... A) Constative utterance. B) Ethical utterance. C) Phatic utterance. D) Performative utterance. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Constative utterance. 7. In the Speech act theory, this is what the speakers are doing with their words; it is the function of the words or the specific purpose that the speakers have in mind. A) Illocutionary Force. B) Pragmatics. C) Locution. D) Substitution. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Illocutionary Force. 8. ..... relates to "The influence of the words on the listener" A) Illocutionary. B) Occupationary. C) Perlocutionary. D) Locutionary. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Perlocutionary. 9. An ethical utterance serve as a guide to behaviour. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 10. In Austin's Speech Act theory, locutionary acts refer to A) The effects produced in the listener/reader on hearing/reading the illocutionary act. B) The act of saying or writing something in language using literal content of words. C) The intention the speaker has when saying or writing something. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The act of saying or writing something in language using literal content of words. 11. Which of these is your favorite? A) Stars. B) Planets. C) Comets. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Stars. 12. Which type of speech act focuses on the effect on the listener, such as persuasion or making someone feel appreciated? A) Illocutionary act. B) Locutionary act. C) Perlocutionary act. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Perlocutionary act. 13. What is the significance of politeness strategies in communication? A) Politeness strategies are significant as they facilitate respectful and effective communication, promoting social harmony and reducing conflict. B) Politeness strategies are irrelevant in casual conversations. C) Politeness strategies are only important in formal settings. D) Politeness strategies hinder direct communication and clarity. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Politeness strategies are significant as they facilitate respectful and effective communication, promoting social harmony and reducing conflict. 14. As far as is an example of A) Adverb. B) Hedges. C) Non of them. D) Cooperative principal. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hedges. 15. The intended meaning of the utterance by speaker is ..... A) Locutionary act. B) Illocutionary act. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Illocutionary act. 16. Searl's classification speech act of the following utterance: "Sit nicely, please. " is: A) Directive. B) Expressive. C) Declarative. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Directive. 17. True or False:A Discourse Completion Task (DCT) asks learners to complete a conversation based on context. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 18. Which of the following is a typical cause of pragmatic failure in intercultural contexts? A) Phonetic inaccuracy. B) Verb tense misuse. C) Plagiarism. D) L1 sociopragmatic transfer. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) L1 sociopragmatic transfer. 19. Situational context means anything non-linguistic, which context below is this type of context? A) It seems that the man loves the woman. B) Oh no! He went that way! Did you see?. C) Shana likes chocolate. She thinks it is the perfect food. D) John wrote himself a letter. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Oh no! He went that way! Did you see?. 20. According to the preparatory condition ..... A) The hearer must be able to understand the locution. B) There must be prerequisites for a succesful act. C) The speaker must be sincere and willing to carry out the act. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) There must be prerequisites for a succesful act. 21. It carries a directive for the audience. This directive might be a promise, an order, an apology, or an expression of thanks or merely an answer to a question, to inform the other person in a conversation A) Illocutionary act. B) Perlocutionary force. C) Locutionary act. D) Perlocutionary act. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Illocutionary act. 22. According to Austin, speech acts are direct when A) The locutionary and perlocutionary acts coincide. B) The locutionary and illocutionary acts coincide. C) The illocutionary and perlocutionary acts coincide. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The locutionary and illocutionary acts coincide. 23. Which maxim of discourse refers to the truthfulness of a statement? A) Maxim of quantity. B) Maxim of manner. C) Maxim of quality. D) Maxim of relation. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Maxim of quality. 24. Define Mutually intelligible A) The similarities between the same linguistic systems whereas people can communicate effectively. B) The interrelationship between the language of a group and its social characteristics. C) A series of maps, each plotting a series the geographical distribution of a particular linguistic feature. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The similarities between the same linguistic systems whereas people can communicate effectively. 25. If there is a straightforward relation between form and function (locution and illocution), we talk about ..... A) Direct speech acts. B) Indirect speech acts. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Direct speech acts. 26. True or False:Perlocutionary acts always match the speakers intention. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 27. The naming of ships, marrying and sentencing to prison are examples of performative utterances. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 28. This is a word that imitates sounds that it describes. A) Onomatopoeia. B) Vocabulary. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Onomatopoeia. 29. Linguistic pragmatics is the study of the ability of language users to pair sentences with the context in which they would be appropriate A) Yes. B) No. C) It depends on the theory of the investigator. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Yes. 30. Describe how politeness strategies can vary across cultures. A) Politeness strategies vary across cultures in terms of directness, use of honorifics, and communication styles. B) Honorifics are not used in any culture. C) Directness is the only factor in politeness strategies. D) Politeness strategies are the same in all cultures. 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