MILO 10

Which of the following is best defined “Pragmatics”?

• the study of speaker meaning and how more is communicated than is said

• the study of “invisible” meaning, or how we recognize what is meant even when it is not actually said or written

• Both are correct.

• Both are incorrect.

Which of the following is best defined “the co-text of a word”?

• The location “out there” where we encounter words and phrases

• The set of other words used in the same phrase or sentence

• A subsequent reference to an already introduced entity. 

• The act when you say something that represents a threat to another person’s self-image

Linguistic context is the set of other words used in the same phrase or sentence.

• True

• False

Physical context refers the situation, time or place in which words are used

• True

• False

Another term for linguistic context is _________.

Which of the following is best defined “Pragmatic markers”?

• Expressions that are used to indicate the relationships between words

• Expressions that are used to show how words can be combined together

• Expressions that can be used to show the visible meaning of words

• Expressions that can be used to mark a speaker’s attitude to the listener or to what is being said

Which of the following is best defined “Politeness”?

• Additional information used by the listener to create a connection between what is said and what must be meant

• An act by which a speaker (or writer) uses the language to enable a listener (or reader) to identify something

• Showing awareness and consideration of another person’s face

• All are correct.

Which of the following is best defined “Presupposition”?

• Additional information used by the listener to create a connection between what is said and what must be meant

• Showing awareness and consideration of another person’s face

• An act by which a speaker (or writer) uses the language to enable a listener (or reader) to identify something

• What a speaker (or writer) assumes is true or known by a listener (or reader)

Which of the following is best defined “Inference”?

• Showing awareness and consideration of another person’s face

• An act by which a speaker (or writer) uses the language to enable a listener (or reader) to identify something

• Additional information used by the listener to create a connection between what is said and what must be meant

Which of the following is best defined “Reference”?

• What a speaker (or writer) assumes is true or known by a listener (or reader)

• An act by which a speaker (or writer) uses the language to enable a listener (or reader) to identify something

• Additional information used by the listener to create a connection between what is said and what must be meant

• The location “out there” where we encounter words and phrases