F_W9_pragmatics_LF7.1_7.2_LING201

The context in which a sentence is uttered ____(may / may not) affect the meaning that the speaker intends.

• may

• may not

The study of meaning in context, instead of the literal meaning, is ____.

• semantics

• pragmatics

As usual, pragmaticists distinguish between sentence and ____.

• phrases

• words

• utterances

• compositions

___ are abstract entities, and ____ are the actual events/productions.

• sentences;

  utterances

• utterances;

  sentences

We may talk about the time, place, speaker, volume of ____.

• sentences

• utterances

When we talk about sentences and utterances, we must know that only ___ have a context.

• sentences

• utterances

He is here now.

This is a sentence with vague meaning, majorly because it includes many ____.

• pronouns

• function words

• deictic

Can you take the trash out?

This sentence does not include deictic, thus no need for context to interpret the meaning.

• True

• False

It is really hard to talk about what an utterance of a sentence means without knowing the context.

• True

• False

An utterance's context can be broken up into 3 components, which one of the following is NOT?

• linguistic context

• situational context

• semantic context

• social context