LESSON 10 - SEMANTICS

Asking, ordering, requesting, inviting, advising, and begging are examples of ________.

• Commissives

• Directives

• Declarations

• Representatives

Blessing, firing, baptizing, bidding, passing a sentence and excommunicating are examples of ___________.

• Commissives

• Directives

• Declarations

• Representatives

Choose the classification of speech act that best corresponds to the given expression:

If you need my help, I will give you a hand.

• Representatives

• Commissives

• Directives

• Declarations

The speaker tries to make the addressee perform an action.

• Directives

• Commissives

• Declarations

• Expressives

Choose the classification of speech act that best corresponds to the given expression:

​You will no longer work in my department, for you will be assigned to another department.

• Expressives

• Directives

• Declarations

• Commissives

The presupposition of a statement will not remain constant when that statement is negated.

• TRUE

• FALSE

What is the presupposition of a speaker when uttering “He walks like an old man”?

• He is not an old man.

• He likes walking.

• Old men like walking.

• He is older than the speaker.

What is the presupposition of a speaker when uttering “Mike sent his application to Joe’s company”?

• The application was sent to Joe.

• Mike is Joe’s friend.

• Joe is the boss of company.

• Mike was applying for a job.

My wallet, your phone, the King of Thailand are examples of ___________ presupposition.

In the case of factive presupposition, the speaker’s use of a particular expression is taken to presuppose another concept.

• TRUE

• FALSE