Pragmatics

The following question can be identify as:

Chandler: I’m going to the roof. Who’s with me?

• Invitation

• Request

This answer below is:

Chandler: Who’s with me?

Rachel: Well, I can’t. I got to go.

• Preferred

• Dispreferred

“Get it! Get it!"

The sentence above can be identified as:

• Direct - Invitation

• Indirect - Invitation

• Direct - Request

• Indirect - Invitation

A speaker using …… speech acts wants to communicate the literal meaning that the words conventionally expresses (also known as the literal force)

Before leaving the house,

Monica: Got the keys?

Rachel: Okay.

The question in bold can be describe as a:

• request

• invitation

• complaining

• advertising

Before leaving the house:

Monica: Got the keys?

Rachel: Okay.

“Got the keys?” in this case is ……. speech acts

Which list below is the characters list of the series FRIENDS?

• Ted

  Barney

  Lily

  Robin

  Marshall

• Jay

  Gloria

  Claire

  Phil

  Mitchell

• Jake

  Rosa

  Terry

  Amy

  Charles

• Rachel

  Monica

  Phoebe

  Joey

  Chandler

The main reason we use indirect speech acts seems to be that actions such as __________, presented in an indirect way (Could you open that door for me?), are generally considered to be more gentle and more polite in our society than direct speeech acts (Open that door for me!).

When having dinner, your mom said: "Can you pass me the salt?"

This structure can be identify as:

• Direct - Request

• Direct - Invitation

• Indirect - Request

• Indirect - Invitation