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Sociolinguistics - Speech Events

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

'SPEAKING model' was first introduced by __________.

a)

William Labov

b)

Dell Hymes

c)

Janet Holmes

2.

Which are the components of speech events?

a)

Setting; Participants; Ends; Act Sequences; Key; Illocution; Norms; Genre

b)

Setting; Participants; Ends; Act Sequences; Key; Instrumentalities; Norms; Genre

c)

Locutionary acts; Illocutionary acts; Perlocutionary acts

3.

What does 'Setting' mean?

a)

Time

b)

Content

c)

Place

4.

The concept of speech event relates to __________ events involving communication; how __________ of the community are largely put to use.

a)

social media - speech situations

b)

social interactional - speech resources

c)

social distal - speech resources

5.

The ends of speech events consist of ___________.

a)

outcomes and goals

b)

outcomes and consequences

c)

goals and objectives

6.

Act sequence refers to the actual content and form.

a)

True

b)

False

7.

Instruments are the channel or code of a communication.

a)

True

b)

False

8.

Instrumentality is the channel used to complete the speech events.

a)

True

b)

False

9.

Key is always informal.

a)

True

b)

False

10.

All social activities, in which language plays an important role, can be referred to as speech events.

a)

True

b)

False