PRAGMATICS AND SEMANTICS MIDTERM EXAM 2024

1. 1. “He was unhappy” is the non-factive presupposition of :

• He pretended that he was happy.

• He couldn’t pretend that he was happy.

• He pretended that he wasn’t happy.

• A & B

2. 2. You were eating delicious apples. Your friend came and asked you, "Is that sweet?" while looking at your apples. How will you respond appropriately?

• "Yes, these apples are sweet."

• "No, please leave me alone."

• "Yes, would you like some?"

• "Absolutely!"

3. 3. Which of the following sentence can be considered as a polite statement?

• 
  Give me the newspaper.

• Could you give me five minutes?

• Move out of the way.

• I want a cup of coffee.

4. 4. The word bank has the following meanings: an incline of land adjoining a river’ and ‘a financial institution’, which illustrates

• homonymy

• polysemy

5. 5. What are the presupposition of this sentence?

“David started to become a vegan last year.”

• David likes eating vegetable than meat.

• David couldn’t eat meat.

• David used to eat meat.

• David is a meat lover.

Are the words synonyms or antonyms?
smile
grin

• Synonyms

• Antonyms

Which type of politeness strategy is used in the following sentence? “I wonder if you could lend me your mobile phone.”

• Negative

• Positive

Which of the following sentences contains structural presupposition?

• Da Nang where he started his business is also his hometown.

• He regretted not confess his love to her.

• Why was Alison angry last night is a mystery.

• The man who sitting next to you is my sister’s boyfriend.

to what classification of illocutionary act do the given example belong? "Please clean the room before you leave."

• assertive

• commissive

• directive

• expressive

In this sentence, is the speaker appealing to positive or negative face? "Raise your hand as fast as you can."

• Positive face

• Negative face