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Pragmatics

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

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Class
Date
1.

pragmatics is......

a)

meaning in use

b)

use in speech

c)

speech in text

2.

literal meaning of words and phrases

a)

pragmatics

b)

semantics

3.
  • - How do you feel?

  • -Good

  • Omission of some parts of the speech refers to.....

a)

implicature

b)

ellipsis

c)

intonation

4.

sentences that are used to do things than declare some info

a)

implicature

b)

peformatives

c)

ellipsis

5.

How does Austin explain performative sentences?

a)

locutionary

b)

illocutionary

c)

superlocutionary

6.

"Can you open the window, please?"

this statement is....

a)

locutionary

b)

illocutionary

c)

perlocutionary

7.

"You may go to the prom party with that guy"

This statement is....

a)

locutionary

b)

illocutionary

c)

perlocutionary

8.
  • " - Are you going to the party?

  • - At 6 o'clock, we shall meet in front of the restaurant"

  • what do you understand from this conversation?

a)

the respondent is going

b)

the respondent is not going

c)

the respondent if thinking of going

9.
  • "- Will you marry me?

  • - In your dreams"

  • what's the response about?

a)

indicative,

dreaming together

b)

imperative,

agreement

c)

implicature,

disagreement

10.

"Shall we go for a picnic on Sunday?"

what speech act is this?

a)

invitation

b)

agreement

c)

imperative sentence

11.

"Hey, how about staying after the lesson"

what's function of the "Hey" in this sentence?

a)

Discourse marker for invitation

b)

Discourse marker for drawing attention

c)

Discourse marker for confirmation

12.
  • " - Can you help me to move on Saturday?

  • - I'll be here, don't worry"

  • How do you explain the response

a)

It is a yes, agreement

b)

It is a yes, promise

c)

It is a no, sarcasm

13.

"I swear, even if you were the last man on earth, there is no way I would ever say "Yes" to your proposal"

The lady utterance states her....

a)

positive politeness, agreement

b)

negative politeness, agreement

c)

negative politeness, disagreement

d)

Negative politeness, insult

14.

-Did you enjoy the performance?

  • - It was the kind of shout you hear at concerts, emanating from a fan looking for a brief moment of acknowledgement from the artist on stage. But Taylor Swift, in her corporeal form at least, was not actually there to receive it on Friday night. The fan lobbed their love at a movie screen at a sold-out showing of Swift’s new concert film Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour, in downtown Manhattan.

  • Which maxim is being violated here?

a)

manner

b)

quality

c)

quantity

15.
  • - Did you line the performance?

  • - Her most recent concert tour is called 'The Eras Tour. ' Which is a nod to each of her musical 'eras' over her career. At each concert, she sings from each of her albums as she performs a musical tour of the years. I have 3 girls at my house, and Taylor Swift is staple in the musical soundtrack of our lives.

  • which maxim is being violated here?

a)

quality

b)

quantity

c)

relevance