Trans Theory quiz

Pragmatics is the study of meaning of words, phrases and sentences.

• True

• False

Successful communication is dependent on the non-linguistic knowledge.

• True
• False

The non-linguistic context includes participants, their relationships, attitudes and emotions,________, cultural and world knowledge,etc. 

• meaning of the words

• inferencing procedures

• discipline

• phrases

Successful translation, in addition, necessitates the ability to negotiate_______________ transfer and the potentially contradictory needs arising from it to achieve the purpose of the translation brief.

• cross-cultural

• language

• phrases

• ideas

Pragmatics studies how language is interpreted by users beyond the l________ meaning of the actual words used.

Pragmatics is a d__________ that investigates language use in its social and cultural context.

A crucial aspect of translation is directly related to c________.

Word order in Spanish does not have a syntactic function because verb inflection and agreement help identify the subject.

• True
• False

Identification of pragmatic functions is easier than grammatical function.

• True
• False

What is the role a word or phrase plays in the context of a sentence (ex: subject, direct object, indirect object, complement, etc.)? 

• grammatical function
• pragmatic function
• pragmatics