Pragmatics

What is the study of pragmatics?

• The study of language from the user's point of view

• The study of grammar and syntax

• The study of phonetics and phonology

• The study of semantics

Which of the following is an example of listener meaning?

• Understanding the literal meaning of words

• Interpreting the context of a conversation

• Recognizing the intended meaning of an utterance

• Deciphering the hidden meaning behind a statement

What is deixis?

• The study of contextual meaning

• The study of speaker meaning

• The study of how more gets communicated than is said

• The use of words or phrases that refer to the time, place, or situation

What is presupposition?

• The study of extra-truth-conditional meaning

• The assumed-to-be-true fact upon which an utterance is delivered

• The study of how more gets communicated than is said

• The expression of relative distance

What is implicature?

• The study of pronouns

• The study of maxims of discourse

• The study of how more gets communicated than is said

• The study of speech acts

Which of the following is not a component of speech acts?

• Perlocutionary act

• Illocutionary act

• Locutionary act

• Deictic act

Which maxim of discourse refers to the truthfulness of a statement?

• Maxim of quality

• Maxim of quantity

• Maxim of relation

• Maxim of manner

What is the main function of indirect speech acts in communication?

• To convey additional meanings beyond the literal words

• To emphasize the exact words used

• To express personal opinions or facts

• To carry out actions like expressing regret or salutation

What is the illocutionary act in the sentence 'Can you pass the salt?'

• Requesting

• Stating

• Questioning

• Commanding

What are the appropriateness conditions on speech acts?

• Propositional act, preparatory condition, sincerity condition, essential condition

• Spatial condition, temporal condition, personal condition, relative condition

• Presupposition condition, implicature condition, deixis condition, speech act condition

• Felicity condition, propositional condition, sincerity condition, essential condition