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Speech functions and Translation

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Pragmatics studies ...

a)

language in use

b)

expressing needs and likes

c)

expressive function

d)

semantics

2.

Multiple choice.

Language researchers have different opinions about the number and nature of functions, but the basic ones are ...

a)

descriptive

b)

cognitive

c)

expressive

d)

communicative

e)

reflective

3.

The Organon model is the classification of which linguist?

a)

Roman Jakobson

b)

Yuri Stepanov

c)

Karl Buhler

d)

Geoffery Leech

4.

Which linguist was influenced by Bühler's work for his communication model?


Write down full name/surmane.

(a)  

5.

Bühler identified the following three communicative functions:

a)

expressive function, appealing function and referential (representation) function

b)

nominative, syntactic and pragmatic functions

c)

referential (informative), expressive (emotive) and conative (voluntative),

d)

informational function, aesthetic function and expressive function

6.

Which function?


"The Earth is round"

a)

phatic (creating and maintaining social contact),

b)

conative (voluntative),

c)

referential (informative),

d)

expressive (emotive),

7.

Multiple choice

Yuri Stepanov's language functions on the semiotic principle:

a)

nominative,

b)

syntactic,

c)

pragmatic,

d)

conative,

e)

metalingual,

8.

write down the correct speech function (only 1 word):

"Wow, what a view!"

(a)  

9.

We need such function every time we want to express our feelings. There are words that are used to express attitudes and feelings, which don’t deliver any particular information.

a)

informational function,

b)

aesthetic function,

c)

expressive function,

d)

directive function,

10.

Five main functions of language, which are informational function, aesthetic function, expressive, phatic, and directive functions were classified by ...

a)

Geoffery Leech

b)

Roman Jakobson

c)

Yuri Stepanov

d)

Karl Buhler