This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Discourse > Pragmatics > Pragmatic Markers In Conversation – Quiz 1 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Pragmatic Markers In Conversation Quiz 1 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Words can sometimes be confusing-we can always assign ..... to make meaning outof word in question. A) Meaning. B) Reference. C) Sense. D) Attutude. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Reference. 2. Which Gricean maxim is being flouted in this sentence:'Well, someone left the dishes ..... again'? A) Quantity. B) Relevance. C) Manner. D) Quality. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Manner. 3. Which permutation of understanding utterance meaning and force describes this best:"A hearer who fails to establish the utterance meaning correctly or at all may fail tounderstand the force the speaker intended" A) Understanding utterance meaning butnot force. B) Understanding both utterance meaningand context. C) Understanding neither utterancemeaning nor force. D) Understanding force but not utterancemeaning. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Understanding both utterance meaningand context. 4. Neuropragmatics uses which methods to explore meaning-making in the brain? A) MRI and reaction time tests. B) Interviews. C) Surveys. D) Narrative analysis. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) MRI and reaction time tests. 5. The science of language use, the study of context-dependent meaning, and the study of speaker intended meaning. A) Semantics. B) Linguistics. C) Pragmatics. D) Discourse Analysis. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Pragmatics. 6. What kind of context includes previously spoken statements that influence current interpretation? A) Physical context. B) Linguistic context. C) Social context. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Linguistic context. 7. Which of these is a factor is understanding pragmatics A) Context. B) Intentions. C) All three options. D) Shared knowledge. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) All three options. 8. Which of the following is not mentioned as types of speech acts? A) Locutionary. B) Politenessary. C) Illocutionary. D) Perlocutionary. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Politenessary. 9. The third level of meaning is ..... concerns with speaker's intention. A) Speaker's intention. B) Meaning in a use. C) Force of utterance. D) Diectic Expression. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Force of utterance. 10. Polonius:What do you read, my lord?Hamlet:Words, words, words. According to the dialogue which Maxim did Hamlet violate? A) Maxim of Quality. B) Maxim of Quantity. C) Maxim of Relation. D) Maxim of Manner. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Maxim of Quantity. 11. Conversational Maxims A) Speaking in a conversation with maximum enthusiasm. B) A 'Cooperative Principle' that states that all participants of the conversation are cooperating, or contributing these conversational maxims:quantity, quality, relation and manner. C) Joined in a conversation allowing all participants to contribute. D) Speaking with clarity and precision. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A 'Cooperative Principle' that states that all participants of the conversation are cooperating, or contributing these conversational maxims:quantity, quality, relation and manner. 12. Define Borrowings A) Borrow items from other person. B) Words imported from one language into another. C) Using words briefly in one language and going back to original word. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Words imported from one language into another. 13. Searl's classification speech act of the following utterance: "I quit." (Employee to manager) is: A) Direct. B) Indirect. C) Expressive. D) Declarative. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Declarative. 14. It is not in the speaker mind but in the sentences A) Entailment. B) Inference. C) Presupposition. D) Common expression. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Entailment. 15. Determine the type of speech act of the follwing statement:"Close the window, please!" A) Representative. B) Expressive. C) Directive. D) Declaration. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Directive. 16. What is being said by the speaker, the form of the words uttered; the act of saying something. A) Locution. B) Perlocution. C) Illocution. D) Pragmatics. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Locution. 17. Which type of discourse analysis investigates the construction of meaning within ideological frameworks, such as in political speech? A) Structural Analysis. B) Ideological Discourse Analysis. C) Narrative Analysis. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ideological Discourse Analysis. 18. People use this register often in conversation when they're speaking with someone who has specialized knowledge or who is offering advice. A) Consultative. B) Casual. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Consultative. 19. "What's up?"This is an example of ..... A) Constative utterance. B) Ethical utterance. C) Phatic utterance. D) Performative utterance. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Phatic utterance. 20. This is the way a language is spoken or a word is uttered. A) Tone of voice. B) Oral Language Pronunciation. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Oral Language Pronunciation. 21. Levels of meaning includes abstract meaning-which can also be defined as A) Utterance meaning. B) Communicative purpose. C) Dictionary meaning. D) Speaker's intention. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Dictionary meaning. 22. Discuss the relationship between language and identity in socio linguistics. A) Identity is solely determined by cultural background. B) Language is a fundamental aspect of identity, influencing how individuals express themselves and connect with their social groups. C) Language has no impact on identity. D) Language is only a tool for communication, unrelated to identity. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Language is a fundamental aspect of identity, influencing how individuals express themselves and connect with their social groups. 23. Additional conveyed meanings are called A) Pragmatics. B) Implicature. C) Implication. D) Non of them. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Implicature. 24. What is the illocutionary act in the sentence 'Can you pass the salt?' A) Requesting. B) Stating. C) Questioning. D) Commanding. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Requesting. 25. According to Searl, commissive speech act is a speech act that has the function of getting the listener to do something, such as a suggestion, a request, or a command. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. 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