Discourse and Pragmatics

What is the focus of transactional conversation?

• Establishing and maintaining social relationships

• Communicating information

• Sharing opinions

• Discussing personal experiences

According to Grice's Cooperative Principle, what is the assumption made by rational communicators?

• To follow the Conversation Maxims

• To aim for successful communication

• To be humorous in communication

• To be vague in communication

Which maxim of conversation involves being informative but not more than required?

• Maxim of Quantity

• Maxim of Quality

• Maxim of Manner

• Maxim of Relation

What does the maxim of quality in conversation emphasize?

• Being brief and orderly

• Avoiding ambiguity and obscurity

• Avoiding false statements and lack of evidence

• Being relevant in communication

In conversation, what does flouting the maxim of relation involve?

• Using irony and exaggeration

• Ignoring the context of the conversation

• Being vague and ambiguous

• Changing the topic abruptly

Which figure of speech is an example of flouting the maxim of quality?

• If only you knew how much I love being woken up at 4 am by a fire alarm.

• My house is a refrigerator in January.

• He kicked the bucket.

• I'm starving.

What is the purpose of intertextuality in conversation?

• To confuse the listeners

• To reference other texts and voices

• To provide background knowledge

• To avoid implicatures

How do rational communicators interpret conversational implicatures?

• By being vague and ambiguous

• By following the Conversation Maxims

• By avoiding any implicatures

• By using direct and literal language

What is the term used to describe the exercise of language choice to create a context intended to match the addressee's notion of how he or she should be addressed?

• Politeness phenomena

• Pragmatics

• Syntax analysis

• Semantics

Which of the following is NOT a positive politeness strategy?

• Giving deference

• Joking

• Being pessimistic

• Seeking agreement