WorksheetsPragmatics
Total questions: 8
Worksheet time: 4mins
What are presuppostions in "That her pet turtle ran away made Emily very sad."
(more than 1 correct answer)
Emily has a pet turtle.
Emily doesn't have a pet turtle.
Emily's pet turtle ran away.
Emily's turtle is sleeping.
Which is a performative sentence?
(more than 1 correct answer)
I testify that she met the agent.
We promise to leave early.
I swear i didn't do it.
He bet her $2,500 that Romney would win.
Polonius: What do you read, my lord?
Hamlet: Words, words, words.
According to the dialogue which Maxim did Hamlet violate?
Maxim of Quality
Maxim of Quantity
Maxim of Relation
Maxim of Manner
Jack: Did you make a doctor’s appointment?
Laura: Their line was busy.
What is the conversational implicature between Jack and Laura?
Laura is busy.
The doctor is busy.
Laura didn't make an appointment.
Jack: Do you have the play tickets?
Laura: Didn’t I give them to you?
What is the conversational implicature between Jack and Laura?
I (Laura) don't have the tickets.
I (Laura) do have the tickets.
Jack bought the tickets.
Situational context means anything non-linguistic,
which context below is this type of context?
John wrote himself a letter.
It seems that the man loves the woman.
Oh no! He went that way! Did you see?
Shana likes chocolate. She thinks it is the perfect food.
About the restriction on “reflexive pronoun”, which statement is true?
(More than 1 correct answer)
Requires another NP—an antecedent in the sentence.
The antecedent must precede the reflexive pronoun.
There can’t be another NP in between a reflexive pronoun and its antecedent.
The reflexive pronoun must precede the antecedent.
“Anything that has been uttered in the discourse prior to or along with the pronoun”, which type of context is it?
Situational context
Linguistic context
Reflexive context
None of the above
