This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Discourse > Pragmatics > Pragmatic Markers In Conversation – Quiz 8 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Pragmatic Markers In Conversation Quiz 8 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. True or False:Pragmatic instruction is equally effective whether taught explicitly or implicitly. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 2. Linguistics focuses on A) The study of word languages. B) English phonetics. C) The rules and conventions of language. D) The scientific study of language. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The scientific study of language. 3. In the context of pragmatics, what does 'epistemic context' refer to? A) Knowledge about the world. B) Social relationships between speakers. C) Location and timing of a word. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Knowledge about the world. 4. Speech acts is an utterance that a speaker makes to achieve an intended action. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 5. Speaker location is called pragmatically A) Deictic center. B) Speach area. C) Location. D) Proximal. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Deictic center. 6. The cognitive mechanism anchored to model users in their roles as speakers or producers of conversational contributions. It can be conventional or conversational. A) Deixis. B) Implicature. C) Anaphora. D) Context. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Implicature. 7. Subfield of linguistics intended to study the use of the individuals' language with the most accurate level of appropriateness and correctness possible on their performance according to the context or situation where the language is used. A) Pragmatics. B) Semantics. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Pragmatics. 8. Greetings and comments about the weather can be considered phatic utterances. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 9. What is pragmatics in linguistics? A) Pragmatics is the study of how context affects meaning in language. B) Pragmatics is concerned with the historical development of languages. C) Pragmatics is the study of sentence structure. D) Pragmatics focuses on the sounds of speech. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Pragmatics is the study of how context affects meaning in language. 10. Which utterance is an exclamation (by function)? A) Can I join your party?. B) Sit down, please!. C) It is raining heavily. D) What a beautiful song!. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) What a beautiful song!. 11. They refer to a broader category of a word, contrary to a synonym, these words link words to more of a general term which a word can fit in. A) Superordinates. B) Synonyms. C) Antonyms. D) Cataphoras. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Superordinates. 12. Yes or No:You are in the middle of an open field of edible wildflowers. You feel you are being watched. You gesture a universal sign of "I won't hurt you, unless you try to hurt me." while turning around. Is pragmatics involved in your situation? A) Yes. B) No. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Yes. 13. "They will bring the cake."This is an example of ..... A) Phatic utterance. B) Performative utterance. C) Ethical utterance. D) Constative utterance. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Constative utterance. 14. In the Speech act theory, this is what the speakers are doing with their words; it is the function of the words or the specific purpose that the speakers have in mind. A) Locution. B) Substitution. C) Pragmatics. D) Illocutionary Force. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Illocutionary Force. 15. ..... relates to "The influence of the words on the listener" A) Locutionary. B) Perlocutionary. C) Occupationary. D) Illocutionary. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Perlocutionary. 16. An ethical utterance serve as a guide to behaviour. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 17. In Austin's Speech Act theory, locutionary acts refer to A) The effects produced in the listener/reader on hearing/reading the illocutionary act. B) The act of saying or writing something in language using literal content of words. C) The intention the speaker has when saying or writing something. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The act of saying or writing something in language using literal content of words. 18. Which of these is your favorite? A) Stars. B) Planets. C) Comets. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Stars. 19. Which type of speech act focuses on the effect on the listener, such as persuasion or making someone feel appreciated? A) Illocutionary act. B) Locutionary act. C) Perlocutionary act. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Perlocutionary act. 20. What is the significance of politeness strategies in communication? A) Politeness strategies are significant as they facilitate respectful and effective communication, promoting social harmony and reducing conflict. B) Politeness strategies are irrelevant in casual conversations. C) Politeness strategies are only important in formal settings. D) Politeness strategies hinder direct communication and clarity. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Politeness strategies are significant as they facilitate respectful and effective communication, promoting social harmony and reducing conflict. 21. As far as is an example of A) Adverb. B) Hedges. C) Cooperative principal. D) Non of them. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hedges. 22. The intended meaning of the utterance by speaker is ..... A) Locutionary act. B) Illocutionary act. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Illocutionary act. 23. Searl's classification speech act of the following utterance: "Sit nicely, please. " is: A) Directive. B) Expressive. C) Declarative. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Directive. 24. True or False:A Discourse Completion Task (DCT) asks learners to complete a conversation based on context. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 25. Which of the following is a typical cause of pragmatic failure in intercultural contexts? A) Phonetic inaccuracy. B) L1 sociopragmatic transfer. C) Verb tense misuse. D) Plagiarism. 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