Group 5_ Pragmatics Exercises

Classify each utterance in the sentences below following the categorization proposed by Searle (1975).

Hồn Trương Ba: " Đã bảo mày im đi.''

• Representative

• Declarative

• Directive

• Expressive

• Commissive

2. Classify each utterance in the sentences below following the categorization proposed by Searle (1975).

Hồn Trương Ba: "Mày chỉ là cái xác thịt âm u đui mù."

• Representative

• Declarative

• Directive

• Expressive

• Commissive

Classify each utterance in the sentences below following the categorization proposed by Searle (1975).

Anna: "I’m really happy".

• Representative

• Declarative

• Directive

• Expressive

• Commissive

Classify each utterance in the sentences below following the categorization proposed by Searle (1975).

"Tôi với bà lấy nhau chỉ hai bàn tay trắng, cặm cụi làm lụng, đùm bọc nhau sống qua bao cơn hoạn nạn, giặc dã, đói kém."

• Representative

• Declarative

• Directive

• Expressive

• Commissive

Classify each utterance in the sentences below following the categorization proposed by Searle (1975).

Bobo: "I will wait here until you come back."

Classify each utterance in the sentences below following the categorization proposed by Searle (1975).

The Speech acts type of the utterance:

"Mr. Minh promised to let us get an A+ in Pragmatics" is Expressive.

• True

• False

How many types of Speech acts are there in the utterance below?

(Following the categorization proposed by Searle (1975)).

Hồn Trương Ba: "Không! Ta vẫn có một đời sống riêng: Nguyên vẹn, trong sạch, thẳng thắn… ".

• 1

• 2

• 3

• 4

Classify each utterance in the sentences below following the categorization proposed by Searle (1975).

The Speech acts type of the utterance:

"Can I have lemonade without sugar, please?" is Directive

• True

• False

Classify each utterance in the sentences below following the categorization proposed by Searle (1975).

The Speech acts type of the utterance:

"You have passed this course" is Representative

• True

• False

Classify each utterance in the sentences below following the categorization proposed by Searle (1975).

Hồn Trương Ba: "Người thường không thể có nước cờ như thế, chỉ có thể là thần, là thánh, hoặc ma quỷ. "

• Declarative + Representative

• Representative

• Expressive + Commissive

• Directive