This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Discourse > Pragmatics > Pragmatic Markers In Conversation – Quiz 9 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Pragmatic Markers In Conversation Quiz 9 (12 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Situational context means anything non-linguistic, which context below is this type of context? A) John wrote himself a letter. B) It seems that the man loves the woman. C) Oh no! He went that way! Did you see?. D) Shana likes chocolate. She thinks it is the perfect food. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Oh no! He went that way! Did you see?. 2. According to the preparatory condition ..... A) The hearer must be able to understand the locution. B) There must be prerequisites for a succesful act. C) The speaker must be sincere and willing to carry out the act. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) There must be prerequisites for a succesful act. 3. It carries a directive for the audience. This directive might be a promise, an order, an apology, or an expression of thanks or merely an answer to a question, to inform the other person in a conversation A) Locutionary act. B) Perlocutionary act. C) Illocutionary act. D) Perlocutionary force. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Illocutionary act. 4. According to Austin, speech acts are direct when A) The locutionary and perlocutionary acts coincide. B) The locutionary and illocutionary acts coincide. C) The illocutionary and perlocutionary acts coincide. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The locutionary and illocutionary acts coincide. 5. Which maxim of discourse refers to the truthfulness of a statement? A) Maxim of quality. B) Maxim of quantity. C) Maxim of relation. D) Maxim of manner. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Maxim of quality. 6. Define Mutually intelligible A) The similarities between the same linguistic systems whereas people can communicate effectively. B) The interrelationship between the language of a group and its social characteristics. C) A series of maps, each plotting a series the geographical distribution of a particular linguistic feature. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The similarities between the same linguistic systems whereas people can communicate effectively. 7. If there is a straightforward relation between form and function (locution and illocution), we talk about ..... A) Direct speech acts. B) Indirect speech acts. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Direct speech acts. 8. True or False:Perlocutionary acts always match the speakers intention. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 9. The naming of ships, marrying and sentencing to prison are examples of performative utterances. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 10. This is a word that imitates sounds that it describes. A) Onomatopoeia. B) Vocabulary. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Onomatopoeia. 11. Linguistic pragmatics is the study of the ability of language users to pair sentences with the context in which they would be appropriate A) Yes. B) No. C) It depends on the theory of the investigator. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Yes. 12. Describe how politeness strategies can vary across cultures. A) Politeness strategies vary across cultures in terms of directness, use of honorifics, and communication styles. B) Honorifics are not used in any culture. C) Directness is the only factor in politeness strategies. D) Politeness strategies are the same in all cultures. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Politeness strategies vary across cultures in terms of directness, use of honorifics, and communication styles. ← PreviousRelated 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 7Pragmatic Markers In Conversation Quiz 8 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books