This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Discourse > Pragmatics > Pragmatic Markers In Conversation – Quiz 3 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Pragmatic Markers In Conversation Quiz 3 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Structural ambiguity occurs when A) The source of ambiguity is syntactic. B) The source of ambiguity in semantic. C) The source of ambiguity is pragmatic. D) The source of ambiguity is stylistic. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The source of ambiguity is syntactic. 2. Jack:Did you make a doctor's appointment? Laura:Their line was busy. What is the conversational implicature between Jack and Laura? A) Laura is busy. B) The doctor is busy. C) Laura didn't make an appointment. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Laura didn't make an appointment. 3. What is the illocution of the following statement?"Kids, the classroom is a mess!" A) The speaker asserts that the room is untidy. B) The speaker wants the hearer to clean up the room. C) The hearer cleans up the room. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The speaker wants the hearer to clean up the room. 4. What type of speech act involves performing an act by using language, such as making a promise or an apology? A) Locutionary act. B) Illocutionary act. C) Perlocutionary act. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Illocutionary act. 5. This is the use of pitch in a language to distinguish a lexical item. A) Tone of voice. B) Oral Language Pronunciation. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Tone of voice. 6. Define Implicature A) Implying a meaning beyond the literal purpose of what is explicitly stated. B) Literally stating a meaning. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Implying a meaning beyond the literal purpose of what is explicitly stated. 7. I wish you were here.the word "here" above is the example of temporal deixis. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 8. Which of the following is an example of expressive? A) Congratulations and best wishes. B) Can I take you out for dinner?. C) You are terminated. D) I will marry you someday. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Congratulations and best wishes. 9. "I name this ship 'Liberty Bell" '.This is an example of ..... A) Ethical utterance. B) Performative utterance. C) Phatic utterance. D) Constative utterance. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Performative utterance. 10. Implicature is an act that a speaker performs when making an utterance. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 11. Define Dialect A) A systematic variety of a language specific or a particular group. B) The linguistic system of a particular speaker (Oprah Winfrey, Jay Leno). C) The different styles or registers that range from formal to informal situations. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A systematic variety of a language specific or a particular group. 12. Describe how socio linguistics can impact language policy. A) Sociolinguistics impacts language policy by informing inclusive practices, recognizing minority languages, and promoting multilingualism. B) Sociolinguistics only focuses on grammar and syntax. C) Language policy is solely determined by economic factors. D) Sociolinguistics has no effect on language policy decisions. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sociolinguistics impacts language policy by informing inclusive practices, recognizing minority languages, and promoting multilingualism. 13. Cognates- A) Words with same word developed. B) Word opposites. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Words with same word developed. 14. Assumption prior to an utterance is called A) Presupposition. B) Assumption. C) Factive. D) None of them. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Presupposition. 15. The propositional base of an utterance is its A) Subjective part. B) Objective part. C) Both. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Objective part. 16. The structure and function of the following utterance: "How beautiful your dress is!" respectively are: A) Direct / Expressive. B) Exclamatory / Exclamation. C) Exclamatory / Expressive. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Exclamatory / Exclamation. 17. Which aspect of discourse analysis is essential for understanding social goals such as maintaining friendships or navigating conflicts? A) Pragmatic understanding. B) Ideological discourse. C) Social discourse goals. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Social discourse goals. 18. Selecting the appropriate speech act strategies and the linguistic forms for realizing it depends on A) The social status and the culture of the interlocutors. B) Their age. C) Their social distance. D) All of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of these. 19. According to the Maxim of Quality ..... A) You should only say only what you believe to be true. B) You should be sincere and unambiguous. C) You should say enough, but not too much. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) You should only say only what you believe to be true. 20. This is the specific variety of language that is used in a specific social setting. A) Pragmatics. B) Register. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Register. 21. In phatic utterances, the content is more important than the act of uttering. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 22. What role does speaker intention play in pragmatics? A) Speaker intention is the same as literal meaning. B) Speaker intention only affects written communication. C) Speaker intention is irrelevant in understanding context. D) Speaker intention plays a key role in pragmatics by guiding the interpretation of meaning in context. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Speaker intention plays a key role in pragmatics by guiding the interpretation of meaning in context. 23. A perlocutionary act refers to A) The effects produced in the listener/reader on hearing/reading the illocutionary act. B) The intention the speaker has when saying or writing something. C) The act of saying or writing something in language using literal content of words. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The effects produced in the listener/reader on hearing/reading the illocutionary act. 24. The assumption that the speaker and hearer recognize the same assumptions or beliefs, based on their similar notions and participants in the context A) Prejudice. B) Stereotypes. C) Presupposition. D) Maxim of Quality. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Presupposition. 25. What is the primary focus of socio linguistics? A) The technical aspects of language syntax. B) The study of grammar rules. C) The relationship between language and society. D) The history of language evolution. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The relationship between language and society. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesDiscourse QuizzesGrammar QuizzesPragmatic Markers In Conversation Quiz 1Pragmatic Markers In Conversation Quiz 2Pragmatic Markers In Conversation Quiz 4Pragmatic Markers In Conversation Quiz 5Pragmatic Markers In Conversation Quiz 6Pragmatic Markers In Conversation Quiz 7Pragmatic Markers In Conversation Quiz 8Pragmatic Markers In Conversation Quiz 9 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books