LC Lecture 10 quiz

Nominalisations are created by adding suffixes to adjectives, verbs, or other nouns.

• True

• False

In critical discourse analysis, why is nominalisation considered ideologically significant?

• It simplifies the text for better understanding

• It uses complex vocabulary to demonstrate authority

• It makes the text more engaging to readers

• It presents actions as abstract processes, affecting interpretation

How can nominalisation be used to influence the reader's interpretation of a newspaper article?

• By making sentences longer and more complex

• By emphasising the actions over the actors

• By using more adjectives to describe events

• By simplifying the language used

How does nominalisation contribute to the ideological stance of a text?

• It can naturalise certain viewpoints by making them appear objective

• It uses humor to convey complex ideas

• It relies on emotional appeals to persuade readers

• It uses metaphors to create vivid imagery

Academics and business writers dislike using nominalisations.

• True

• False

In what way can nominalisation affect the reader's understanding of causality in a text?

• It makes the cause-effect relationship more explicit

• It can obscure the cause-effect relationship

• It emphasises the causes over the effects

• It highlights the effects more than the causes

Which of the following best describes a potential effect of nominalisation on critical discourse analysis?

• It facilitates a deeper understanding of the text's grammatical structure

• It shifts the focus from processes to participants

• It transforms complex ideas into simple statements

• It prioritises processes over participants

Nominalisation can often lead to which of the following in terms of text interpretation?

• Clarification of complex ideas

• Simplification of sentence structure

• Ambiguity and abstraction

• Increased emotional engagement

Zombie nouns can contribute to creating jargon and vague language.

• True

• False

What is a common critique of nominalisation in media discourse?

• It makes texts less persuasive

• It reduces reader engagement

• It can obscure accountability and agency

• It enhances the logical flow of arguments