Linguistics - Pragmatics

A technical term known as deictic expressions (from Greek) which means “pointing” via language is ___________

• context

• reference

• inference

• deixis

Presupposition is an assumption by a speaker/writer about what is true or already known by the listener/reader.

• True

• False

What is pragmatics?

• Meaning in use & meaning in context

  
  

• Studies on relationships between forms and the users of the forms

• The branch of linguistics dealing with language in use and the contexts in which it is used

• All of the above

When you see this advertisement, you know that they are not selling babies. This is an effect of ___________

• Morphology

• Syntax

• Semantics

• Pragmatics

Deixis refers to expressions which ____________

• are used to point to someone or something through language

• show a relation between a referent and thought

• mention someone or something in speech or writing

(Before leaving the house)

Monica: Got the keys?

Rachel: Okay.

The question in bold can be describe as a ______________

• request

• complaint

• invitation

• advertising

Implicature is an act that a speaker performs when making an utterance.

• True

• False

Never the word or the phrase that has a presupposition. Only speakers can have presuppositions.

• True

• False

Which is NOT an area of pragmatics?

• The study of speaker meaning

• The study of contextual meaning

• The study of expression of relative distance

• The study of how words can be combined into sentences

What implicature can we find in this conversation?

• Until Juan goes to the bank, he cannot pay the money.

• Juan didn't want to pay him.

• Juan will return the money when he goes to the bank.

• Juan works in a bank