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Pragmatics and Speech

Authored by Margaret Anderson

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

10 sec • 1 pt

The term pragmatics was first introduced by the philosopher

John Austin

Charles Morris

Paul Grice

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

CCSS.L.8.6

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

20 sec • 1 pt

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

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

20 sec • 1 pt

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

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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

Tags

CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

10 sec • 1 pt

the propositional base of an utterance is its

subjective part

objective part

both

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.1

CCSS.RI.11-12.1

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

10 sec • 1 pt

The pragmatic component of an utterance is its

objective part

subjective part

both

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

CCSS.L.8.6

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

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