Linguistics - Pragmatics
Authored by Jin Wu
World Languages
University
Used 72+ times
AI Actions
Add similar questions
Adjust reading levels
Convert to real-world scenario
Translate activity
More...
Content View
Student View
15 questions
Show all answers
1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Presupposition is an assumption by a speaker/writer about what is true or already known by the listener/reader.
True
False
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What is pragmatics?
Meaning in use an meaning in context
Studies on relationships between forms and the users of the forms
The branch of linguistics dealing with language in use and the contexts in which it is used
All of the above
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
When you see this advertisement, you know that they are not selling babies. This is an effect of ............................................
Morphology
Syntax
Semantics
Pragmatics
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Deixis refers to expressions which .........................................
are used to point to someone or something through language
show a relation between a referent and thought
mention someone or something in speech or writing
5.
FILL IN THE BLANKS QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
When a string of words put together by the grammatical rules of a language and used in a specific context, it is called an/a (a) .
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
(Before leaving the house)
Monica: Got the keys?
Rachel: Okay.
The question can be described as a ..................................................
request
complaint
invitation
advertising
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Implicature is an act that a speaker performs when making an utterance.
True
False
Access all questions and much more by creating a free account
Create resources
Host any resource
Get auto-graded reports
Continue with Google
Continue with Email
Continue with Microsoft
or continue with
%20(1).png)
Apple
Others
Already have an account?
