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F_W9_pragmatics_LF7.1_7.2_LING201

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

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

may

may not

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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

semantics

pragmatics

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

As usual, pragmaticists distinguish between sentence and ____.

phrases

words

utterances

compositions

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

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

sentences;

utterances

utterances;

sentences

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

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

sentences

utterances

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

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

sentences

utterances

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

He is here now.

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

pronouns

function words

deictic

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