What is pragmatics?

• Meaning in use & meaning in context

• The branch of linguistics dealing with

  language in use and the contexts in

  which it is used

• Studies on relationships between forms

  and the users of the forms

• All of the above

The third level of meaning is _____ concerns with speaker's intention.

• Speaker's intention

• Meaning in a use

• Force of utterance

• Diectic Expression

Utterance meaning is important because

• failing to assign the right reference

  based on context could be a matter of

  life and death

• It can make the hearer confused

• well-formed sentences produced by

  native speakers are mostly ambiguous

  when taken out of context

• sometimes sense and reference can be

  ambiguous that we need context to

  interpret meaning

Locutionary act is basic act of utterance, or producing a ........ linguistic expression.

• communicative

• meaningful

• meaningless

• result

What does "perlocutionary act" mean?

• the purpose of producing an utterance

• the result produced by an utterance

• the propositional meaning if an utterance

• the implicated meaning of an utterance

What is performed via the communicative force of an utterance?

• locutionary act

• illocutionary act

• percutionary act

"I hereby declare this meeting open."

• Declarative

• Commisives

• Representatives

• Directives

• Expressives

"Can you give me a ride to the airport?"

• Declarative

• Commisives

• Representatives

• Directives

• Expressives

"I'm disappointed that you didn't show up."

• Declarative

• Commisives

• Representatives

• Directives

• Expressives

"I guarantee that you will be satisfied with our service."

• Declarative

• Commisives

• Representatives

• Directives

• Expressives