This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Discourse > Pragmatics > Implicature Exercises – Quiz 2 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Implicature Exercises Quiz 2 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. A:Would you like some coffee?B:It would keep me awake all night. A) B's utterance may implicate that B would rather drink coffee. B) B's utterance may implicate that B would rather not drink coffee. C) B's utterance may implicate that B hate coffee. D) All of answers. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) B's utterance may implicate that B would rather not drink coffee. 2. TRUE or FALSE:"Generalized implicature is a conversational implicature that is inferable without reference to a special context." A) True. B) Falsse. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 3. Grice's cooperative principle is a set of norms that are expected in conversations. It consists of ..... ? A) 10 maxims. B) 5 maxims. C) 2 maxims. D) 4 maxims. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 4 maxims. 4. As speaker we have to tell the truth or something that is provable by adequate evidence A) Relation. B) Quantity. C) Quality. D) Manner. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Quality. 5. You don't need this to make an IMPLICATURE A) Additional information. B) Exact meaning. C) Need inferences. D) Conclusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Exact meaning. 6. "I'm writing an essay on metonymy. It is a type of figure of speech!"What kind of maxim does the sentence above has? A) Relevance. B) Manner. C) Quality. D) Quantity. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Manner. 7. "Will Sally be at the meeting this afternoon?-Her car broke down" What kind of implicature can you find in this utterance? A) Scalar implicature. B) Generalized conversational implicature. C) Conventional implicature. D) Particularized conversational implicature. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Particularized conversational implicature. 8. Characteristics of conversational implicature? A) That something must be more than just what the words mean. It is an additional conveyed meaning. B) People somewhat different draw conversational implicature from a certain utterance. C) Conversational implicature can be suspended or denied. D) B and C. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) B and C. 9. When speakers flout the Maxim of Manner, ..... A) They may hyperbole, metaphor, irony and banter. B) They appear to be obscure, are often trying to exclude a third party. C) They expert that the hearers will be able to imagine that the utterance did not say. D) They seem to give too little or too much information. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) They appear to be obscure, are often trying to exclude a third party. 10. When adhering to the maxim of manner, what should a speaker aim to do? A) Be relevant. B) Be truthful. C) Avoid ambiguity and obscurity. D) Provide enough information. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Avoid ambiguity and obscurity. 11. What type of implicature occurs when a speaker implies something without directly stating it? A) Conventional implicature. B) Conversational implicature. C) Semantic implicature. D) Pragmatic implicature. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Conversational implicature. 12. A conventional implicature can be canceled by further information or context. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 13. GENERALIZED CONVERSATIONAL IMPLICATURE does not need ..... A) Meaning. B) Fact. C) Background knowledge. D) Special expertise. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Background knowledge. 14. Which maxim does the answer violate? "A:I hear you went to the opera last night; how was the lead singer?B:The singer produced a series of sounds corresponding closely to the score of an aria from 'Rigoletto" ' A) Maxim of quality. B) Maxim of quantity. C) Maxim of relation. D) Maxim of manner. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Maxim of manner. 15. We can ..... our conversational implicature A) Cancel. B) Choose. C) Opt for. D) Modify. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cancel. 16. In implicature, what distinguishes the implied meaning from the explicit meaning? A) The speaker's intention. B) The context of the conversation. C) The tone of voice. D) The grammatical structure. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The speaker's intention. 17. ..... regarding the limitation of information conveyed by the speaker. A) Quality. B) Manner. C) Relation. D) Quantity. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Quantity. 18. Which one of these options is not a type of maxim? A) Quality. B) Manner. C) Relevance. D) Implicature. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Implicature. 19. Conventional implicature can be: A) Calculated. B) Detachble. C) Feasible. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Calculated. 20. When no special knowledge is required in the context to calculate the additional conveyed meaning, it is called a generalized conversational implicature. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 21. "A:Where is my phone? B:Your brother is hiding something." The above dialogue is an example of ..... A) Generalized conversational implicature. B) Scalar conversational implicature. C) Particularized conversational implicatures. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Particularized conversational implicatures. 22. All of the options below are violations of the rule of the maxim of quantity, except ..... A) Lacks important information. B) Too much information. C) Not contribute more informative than required. D) Not supported by evidence. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Not supported by evidence. 23. When adhering to the maxim of relevance, what should a speaker aim to do? A) Provide necessary information. B) Be clear and concise. C) Be truthful. D) Stay on topic. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Stay on topic. 24. The true meaning of implicature is ..... A) Tell the exact message. B) Additional information. C) Inference. D) Guessing. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Additional information. 25. What is NOT the statement in the maxim of manner? A) Avoid obscurity. B) Be brief. C) Avoid ambiguity. D) Be truthful. 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