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- 1. Multiple Choice
The term pragmatics was first introduced by the philosopher
John Austin
Charles Morris
Paul Grice
- 2. Multiple Choice
Semantics is the study of
the relations of linguistic units to context
The relations of linguistic units to the object they denote
the relations of the grammatical relations of linguistic units to one another and the grammatical structures of the phrases
- 3. Multiple Choice
Linguistic pragmatics is the study of the ability of language users to pair sentences with the context in which they would be appropriate
Yes
No
It depends on the theory of the investigator
- 4. Multiple Choice
utterances have the same referential meaning but may have different pragmatic meaning depending on
word order
the context in which they are used
The intention of the speaker
Both 1 & 2
- 5. Multiple Choice
the propositional base of an utterance is its
subjective part
objective part
both
- 6. Multiple Choice
The pragmatic component of an utterance is its
objective part
subjective part
both
- 7. Multiple Choice
in Austin's Speech Act theory, locutionary acts refer to
the effects produced in the listener/reader on hearing/reading the illocutionary act
The act of saying or writing something in language using literal content of words
the intention the speaker has when saying or writing something
- 8. Multiple Choice
In Austin's Speech Act theory, an illucutionary act refers to
the effects produced in the listener/reader on hearing/reading the illocutionary act
the intention the speaker has when saying or writing something
the act of saying or writing something in language using literal content of words
- 9. Multiple Choice
a perlocutionary act refers to
the effects produced in the listener/reader on hearing/reading the illocutionary act
the intention the speaker has when saying or writing something
The act of saying or writing something in language using literal content of words
- 10. Multiple Choice
According to Austin, speech acts are direct when
the locutionary and perlocutionary acts coincide
the locutionary and illocutionary acts coincide
the illocutionary and perlocutionary acts coincide
- 11. Multiple Choice
The statement "Indirect speech acts are when there is no coincidence between the type of illocutionary act and the syntactic structure of the message", means that:
The intention is not explicitly expressed in the message
The intention is expressed in the message
- 12. Multiple Choice
Selecting the appropriate speech act strategies and the linguistic forms for realizing it depends on
the social status and the culture of the interlocutors
their age
their social distance
All of these
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