This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Discourse > Pragmatics > Pragmatic Inference – Quiz 1 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Pragmatic Inference Quiz 1 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What does an inference imply? A) Keeping a secret information. B) Connecting prior knowledge to a text for more meaning. C) Modifying the validity of a sentence. D) Something else. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Connecting prior knowledge to a text for more meaning. 2. In pragmatics, what term describes the use of language to perform actions such as promising, ordering, or apologizing? A) Speech acts. B) Syntax. C) Semantics. D) Phonetics. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Speech acts. 3. '' A man was looking at us. He then disappeared"the initial reference is often indefinite ( A man ..... )The initial reference indefinite ( A MAN ..... ) is called ..... A) Antecedent. B) Anaphora. C) Context. D) Co-text. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Antecedent. 4. What is the pragmatic function of the phrase 'Could you pass the salt?' in a dinner setting? A) A literal question about ability. B) A request for action. C) An expression of curiosity. D) A statement of fact. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A request for action. 5. What is the difference between semantics and pragmatics? A) Semantics is about word order, pragmatics is about word choice. B) Semantics deals with literal meaning, pragmatics deals with intended meaning. C) Semantics is about spoken language, pragmatics is about written language. D) Semantics is about grammar, pragmatics is about vocabulary. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Semantics deals with literal meaning, pragmatics deals with intended meaning. 6. A parent says to her child, "I forbid you to leave your room." name the implicit speech act of the utterance. A) Directive. B) Expressive. C) Representative. D) Declaration. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Directive. 7. In pragmatics, what is the term for the implied meaning that is not explicitly stated? A) Semantics. B) Inference. C) Syntax. D) Morphology. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Inference. 8. Deixis refers to expressions which A) Are used to point to someone or something through language. B) Mention someone or something in speech or writing. C) Show a relation between a referent and thought. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Are used to point to someone or something through language. 9. What is irony? A) A mixture of vague language and humour. B) The process of deriving implied meanings. C) Using language to signal attitude other than what has been literally said. D) Using words that are context bound. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Using language to signal attitude other than what has been literally said. 10. For the following indirect speech acts of utterance" I would appreciate it if you could do the dishes" write out the implicit speech act A) I command that you do the dishes. B) I request that you do the dishes. C) I persuade that you do the dishes. D) I refuse that you do the dishes. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) I request that you do the dishes. 11. Ambiguity means a type of meaning in which a phrase or statement is not explicitly defined, leading to several interpretations. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 12. For the following indirect speech acts of the utterance"You're welcome to come to my party next week"write out the implicit speech act of the utterance A) I promise to welcome to come to my party next week. B) I refuse to welcome to come to my party next week. C) I order to welcome to come to my party next week. D) I commend to welcome to come to my party next week. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) I promise to welcome to come to my party next week. 13. A buyer says to a seller, "I agree with your terms"name the type of the implicit speech act of the utterance ..... A) Declarative. B) Directive. C) Expressive. D) Commisive. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Commisive. 14. What is the purpose of commissive speech acts in relationships? A) To create trust by committing to future actions. B) To express emotions and feelings of gratitude. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To create trust by committing to future actions. 15. Did you know that Allison is going to Europe this summer?write out the implicit speech act of the utterance. A) I sate that Allison is going to Europe this summer. B) I refuse that Allison is going to Europe this summer. C) I complain that Allison is going to Europe this summer. D) I suggest that Allison is going to Europe this summer. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) I sate that Allison is going to Europe this summer. 16. The study of speaker meaning and how more is communicated than is said A) Semantics. B) Pragmatics. C) Co-text. D) Anaphora. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pragmatics. 17. Discourse that surrounds a language unit and helps to determine its interpretation is called A) Linguistic context. B) Situational context. C) Speech event. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Linguistic context. 18. For the following indirect speech acts of the utterance" I would appreciate it if you could do the dishes"Name the type of the implicit speech act of the utterance . A) Directive. B) Expressive. C) Commissive. D) Representative. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Directive. 19. Using words such as him or them as a way of "pointing" to a person with language A) Spaital deixis. B) Person deixis. C) Temporal deixis. D) Anaphora. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Person deixis. 20. Deixis is divided into three principles. Except ..... A) Person Deixis. B) Context Deixis. C) Spatial Deixis. D) Temporal Deixis. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Context Deixis. 21. Linguistic forms like proper nouns, definite and definite noun phrase, and pronouns are called ..... A) Reffering expression. B) Phrases. C) Idiom. D) Synonem. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Reffering expression. 22. Which of the following is an example of a commissive speech act? A) "I will finish the project by tomorrow.". B) "The project is due tomorrow.". C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) "I will finish the project by tomorrow.". 23. Inference is the process of deriving implied meaning A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 24. One aspect of communicative competence can belong to more than one "knowledge" type (Pragmatic knowledge, Discourse knowledge, or Sociolinguistic knowledge). A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 25. The action performed by a speaker. A) Inference. B) Speech act. C) Presuposition. D) Reference. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Speech act. Next →Related QuizzesDiscourse QuizzesGrammar QuizzesPragmatic Inference Quiz 2Pragmatic Inference Quiz 3Pragmatic Inference Quiz 4Pragmatic Inference Quiz 5Pragmatic Inference Quiz 6Conversation Analysis QuizConversation Skills QuizImplicature Exercises QuizMaxims Of Conversation QuizPoliteness And Face QuizPoliteness Strategies Spoken English QuizPoliteness Strategies QuizPoliteness Theory QuizPragmatic Markers In Conversation QuizPragmatics Context And Implicature QuizSpeech Acts Context QuizSpeech Acts Theory QuizSpeech Acts QuizSpeech Strategies QuizTurn Taking In Conversation Quiz 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books