This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Discourse > Pragmatics > Pragmatic Inference – Quiz 3 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Pragmatic Inference Quiz 3 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What inference can the hearer draw from "John likes listening to Mozart." A) John likes this guy called Mozart. B) John likes the music composed by Mozart. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) John likes the music composed by Mozart. 2. What age do we master the social use of language? A) 5-7 years old. B) 10-12 years old. C) 15-20 years old. D) Never, we are always learning!. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Never, we are always learning!. 3. The study of how context contributes to meaning in language. A) Morphology. B) Semantics. C) Pragmatics. D) Syntax. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Pragmatics. 4. What kind of reference do these pronouns have? "Michael went to the bank. HE was annoyed because IT was closed." A) Anaphora. B) Cataphora. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Anaphora. 5. Would you mind stepping aside? I got a purchase to make.The sentence above is positive politeness. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 6. Pragmatics is NOT concerned with: A) The use of language in social contexts. B) The relations between signs and the referents. C) He choice of language in social interaction andthe effect of this choice on others. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The relations between signs and the referents. 7. ..... semantics studies how the meaning of complex expressions is constructed, such as for example phrases, sentences, locutions, or even discourses. A) Compositional. B) Lexical. C) Locutionary. D) Combinatory. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Compositional. 8. Ayo ikut KB 2 Anak Cukupwrite out the implicit speech act of the utterance A) The government ask indonesia women to join family panning. B) The government avoid indonesia women to join family panning. C) The government offer indonesia women to join family panning. D) The government suggest indonesia women to join family panning. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The government ask indonesia women to join family panning. 9. One friend says to another, "I swear I won't see Martha again." name the type of the implicit speech act of the utterance ..... A) Directive. B) Declarative. C) Expressive. D) Commisive. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Commisive. 10. The flow of the discourse stays the same regardless of a speaker's willingness to accept a presupposition or not. A) TRUE. B) FALSE. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) FALSE. 11. What is a "Register" ? A) The words in your vocabulary. B) How you comprehend, or "register" what someone said. C) A type of language used in specific contexts. D) A type of language used in formal, academic, or professional contexts. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A type of language used in specific contexts. 12. When a child learns to adjust their language based on who they are speaking to (using simple words with younger kids versus with friends) what are they showing? A) Pragmatic Knowledge. B) Sociolinguistic Knowledge. C) Discourse Knowledge. D) Situational Knowledge. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sociolinguistic Knowledge. 13. For the following indirect speech acts of utterance"It's obvious that Bill is going to be late for his interview"name the type of the implicit speech act of the utterance A) Commisive. B) Declative. C) Representative. D) Directive. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Representative. 14. A teenage boy says to another teenage boy, "Go ahead-Make me!" name the type of the implicit speech act of the utterance ..... A) Commisive. B) Expressive. C) Representative. D) Directive. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Commisive. 15. The process of using additional information by the hearer to connect what was said with what must be meant is A) Reference. B) Inference. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Inference. 16. "Let's meet on MONDAY." MONDAY is: A) Person deixis. B) Spacial deixis. C) Temporal deixis. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Temporal deixis. 17. Showing awareness and consideration of another person's public self-image A) Infrence. B) Speech act. C) Politeness. D) Presupposition. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Politeness. 18. An assumption made by the speaker or the writer. A) Inference. B) Speech act. C) Presuposition. D) Reference. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Presuposition. 19. What is Deixis? A) Deixis is based on the information that is right and combined with experiences. B) Deixis is the use of general words and phrases to refer to a specific time, place, or person in context. C) Deixis is an act in which a speaker or writer, uses linguistics forms to enable a listener or reader to identify something. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Deixis is the use of general words and phrases to refer to a specific time, place, or person in context. 20. Semantic meaning presented in dictionaries. A) Conceptual. B) Speech act. C) Presuposition. D) Reference. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Conceptual. 21. Listeners make inferences when they A) Use background knowledge to make a conclusion about a meaning that the speaker didn't say. B) Want the speaker to refer to something. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Use background knowledge to make a conclusion about a meaning that the speaker didn't say. 22. An action in which the form used (e.g. interrogative) directly matches the function (e.g. question) performed by a speaker with an utterance A) Infrence. B) Antecedent. C) Direct speech act. D) Presupposition. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Direct speech act. 23. At what age do children typically begin to report stories in reference to themselves? A) 4-5 Years old. B) 6-7 Years old. C) 8-9 Years old. D) 10-11 Years old. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 4-5 Years old. 24. In pragmatics, what is the purpose of a face-saving act? A) To correct a grammatical error. B) To enhance a person's public self-image. C) To threaten someone's self-image. D) To perform a speech act. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To enhance a person's public self-image. 25. What kind of reference do this pronoun have? "Although I phone HER every week, my mother still complains that I don't keep in touch often enough." A) Anaphora. B) Cataphora. C) All the above. D) None of the above. 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