Pragmatics Questionnaire Unit 2

Entailment refers to a logical relationship between two statements, where the truth of one statement guarantees the truth of another statement 

• True

• False

What are implicatures typically derived from?

• Conversational implicatures

• Implicit assumptions

Choose the implicature of this phrase: "You should bring your umbrella"

• It's raining here.

• You will need an umbrella

When the speaker expects that the listener already know a statement.

• Pressuposition

• Implicature

In entailment,  if one statement is true, the other statement must be false?

• True

• False

Is pragmatics the last level of the language to be mastered?

• True

• False

Pragmatics refers to the meaning in ........................... of discourse

• content

• conversation

• context

Is anaphora a reference to an already introduced word?

• True

• False

Choose the correct use:

Can I borrow your cellphone?

Yes, it is on the table.

• Implicature

• Anaphora

What presupposes this sentence?

"You are late again"

• The person is usually late.

• The person is a latecomer.