This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Discourse > Pragmatics > Pragmatic Markers In Conversation – Quiz 7 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Pragmatic Markers In Conversation Quiz 7 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Constative utterances can be true or false. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 2. You, me, him, her, their are all examples of A) Temporal deixis. B) Spacial deixis. C) Personal deixis. D) All three options. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Personal deixis. 3. Utterances have the same referential meaning but may have different pragmatic meaning depending on A) Word order. B) The context in which they are used. C) The intention of the speaker. D) Both 1 & 2. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Both 1 & 2. 4. Phenomena in speech that avoids repetition and depends on the hearers' ability to retrieve missing words or even sentences from context. A) Anaphora. B) Endophora. C) Suppression. D) Ellipsis. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Ellipsis. 5. How can socio linguistic factors influence language variation? A) Socio-linguistic factors only affect pronunciation, not vocabulary or grammar. B) Socio-linguistic factors have no impact on language variation. C) Language variation is solely determined by geographical location. D) Socio-linguistic factors influence language variation by affecting dialects, vocabulary, and grammar based on social class, ethnicity, age, gender, and location. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Socio-linguistic factors influence language variation by affecting dialects, vocabulary, and grammar based on social class, ethnicity, age, gender, and location. 6. This is related to the pronunciation of a language. It is the way the words are uttered with a characteristic pitch, stress and rhythm, representative of a specific speech community. A) Accent. B) Vocabulary. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Accent. 7. When using a performative utterance, a person is just saying something. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 8. "Murder is a sin." This is an example of ..... A) Performative utterance. B) Ethical utterance. C) Phatic utterance. D) Constative utterance. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ethical utterance. 9. What is the Perlocutionary act of this utterance: "The bus won't move until you boys move in out of the doorway" (Bus driver to the boys standing in the doorway) A) The driver is saying he/ won't start the bus with people standing in the doorway. B) An order (directive) to clear the doorway. C) The boys will move inside the bus or move out of the doorway. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The boys will move inside the bus or move out of the doorway. 10. Contextual meaning is also known as A) Lexical meaning. B) Utterance meaning. C) Abstract meaning. D) Force utterance. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Abstract meaning. 11. The term girl will be a girl is called A) Tautology. B) Emphiology. C) Both. D) Non of them. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Tautology. 12. A technical term known as deictic expressions (from Greek) which means "pointing" via language. A) Context. B) Reference. C) Inference. D) Deixis. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Deixis. 13. Which example best shows sociopragmatic failure? A) Using 'Could you ' instead of 'Please '. B) Saying 'Shut up' to a professor because it's common in your L1. C) Using 'the' when 'a' is needed. D) Pronouncing 'think' as 'sink'. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Saying 'Shut up' to a professor because it's common in your L1. 14. Which of the following is an example of listener meaning? A) Understanding the literal meaning of words. B) Interpreting the context of a conversation. C) Recognizing the intended meaning of an utterance. D) Deciphering the hidden meaning behind a statement. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Interpreting the context of a conversation. 15. Define Language Variation A) The interrelationship between the language of a group and its social characteristics. B) Study of those features of language that differ systematically as we compare different groups of speakers of same speaker in different situation. C) A systematic variety of a language specific or a particular group. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Study of those features of language that differ systematically as we compare different groups of speakers of same speaker in different situation. 16. The term pragmatics was first introduced by the philosopher A) John Austin. B) Charles Morris. C) Paul Grice. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) John Austin. 17. A perlocution is ..... A) The effect on a hearer. B) The communicative intention. C) The linguistic form. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The effect on a hearer. 18. What is the Locutionary act of this utterance: "How beautiful you look today!" (Husband to wife) A) The husband praises his wife. B) "Can I have more money for this month?". C) "Do not get angry with me anymore!". D) The wife will accept the compliment and become happier. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The wife will accept the compliment and become happier. 19. Less rigid but still constrained. Used in professional, academic, or legal settings where communication is expected to be respectful, uninterrupted, and restrained. A) Frozen. B) Formal. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Formal. 20. How does context influence meaning in communication? A) Context has no effect on communication. B) Context only matters in written communication. C) Context shapes the interpretation of messages in communication. D) Context is irrelevant to the speaker's intent. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Context shapes the interpretation of messages in communication. 21. The aim of perlocution speech act is to change feelings, ..... , or actions A) Thoughts. B) Attitudes. C) Hobbies. D) Collections. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Thoughts. 22. These may be defined as:The appropriate conditions for a speech act to be recognized as intended ..... they often involve the rights, obligations, beliefs or abilities of participants. A) Happy conditions. B) Conversational Maxims. C) Felicity conditions. D) Politeness. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Felicity conditions. 23. According to Grice's maxims, which principle expects one to be relevant in conversation? A) Maxim of Quality. B) Maxim of Manner. C) Maxim of Relation. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Maxim of Relation. 24. Define Locutionary act or meaning A) When what is said is exactly what is meant. B) When what is said is impossible within the context of what is being said. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) When what is said is exactly what is meant. 25. This is the register people use when they're with friends, close acquaintances and co-workers, and family. A) Consultative. B) Casual. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Casual. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesDiscourse QuizzesGrammar QuizzesPragmatic Markers In Conversation Quiz 1Pragmatic Markers In Conversation Quiz 2Pragmatic Markers In Conversation Quiz 3Pragmatic Markers In Conversation Quiz 4Pragmatic Markers In Conversation Quiz 5Pragmatic Markers In Conversation Quiz 6Pragmatic Markers In Conversation Quiz 8Pragmatic Markers In Conversation Quiz 9 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books