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Implicature Exercises Quiz 1 (25 MCQs)

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1. Which maxim focuses on providing just enough information, neither too much nor too little?
2. "John:Can I come to your house to copy your notes tonight? Sarah:I have to work part-time."Particularized conversational implicature in this conversation is:
3. A particularized conversational implicature occurs when a conversation doesn't take place in a very specific context.
4. FOUR elements should be fulfilled when having a good conversation, EXCEPT .....
5. But if you can tolerate it, what follows will explain why free trade sometimes hurts the world economy.The utterance in this sentence implicates:
6. In the sentence "I haven't received a letter from him yet." what is implied from the speaker's utterance?
7. Words belong to CONVENTIONAL IMPLICATURE .....
8. One tries to be as clear, brief, and orderly as possible in what one says, and when obscurity and ambiguity are avoided when obeying the maxim of .....
9. What might be a conversational implicature of the statement, "This room is cozy" ?
10. "Don't make your contribution more informative than is required" What maxim does this rule belong to?
11. Which kind of maxims does this conversation NOT follow?A: "Hey, how was your weekend?"B: "It was good, I went to the beach with my family, we had a lot of fun, the weather was great, we had a barbecue on Saturday night. It was a really nice weekend."
12. A:Have you seen the movie Squid Game? It's very attractive! B:I haven't watched it yet but I'll try it tomorrow.
13. Which of these is the example of a violation of the maxim of quantity?
14. Which of the following best describes implicature?
15. Which kind of maxims does this conversation NOT follow?A: "Have you ever read "The little mermaid?"B: "Yes, this story is about a race bewteen turtle and rabbit."
16. "John walked into a house yesterday and saw a dog." What kind of implicature can you find in this utterance?
17. "He sometimes writes to me" What kind of implicature can you find in this utterance?
18. Two types of conversational implicature are:
19. Annie:What do you think of this necklace andbracelet?Mike:They're just things to wear
20. To try to deliver our intended messages successfully and smoothly in a coversation, we NEED .....
21. Which of the following sentences contains an implicatures of "contrast" ?
22. "Not to change the subject" is the hedge of
23. One tries to be relevant by saying things that are relevant to the discussion when obeying the maxim of .....
24. Where one tries to be as informative as one possibly can, and gives as much information as is needed, and no more is the definition of the maxim of .....
25. Implicatures are primary examples of more being communicated than is said.
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