What is an example of inference in pragmatics?

Understanding that "She’s out of town" means she is not home

What is "positive face" in pragmatics?

The desire to be liked and included ✅

Reference to something already mentioned

Which of these sentences contains deictic words?

"I will see you there tomorrow."

What is "negative face" in pragmatics?

The desire to be independent and not imposed on

Why do different cultures have different politeness styles?

Because they have different values about respect and social interaction

Certain syntactic structures with the functions

C) Words whose meaning depends on context

Which statement supports someone's positive face?

"Let’s work on this together!"

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1
How do people minimize face-threatening acts?
By using politeness strategies
By speaking in a louder voice
By being as direct as possible
By ignoring the other person’s feelings
2
What is an example of inference in pragmatics?
Understanding that "She’s out of town" means she is not home
Asking someone directly what they mean
Reading the dictionary to learn definitions
Memorizing sentence structures
3
What is "positive face" in pragmatics?
Talking positively about someone
The desire to be liked and included ✅
The need to be respected
Avoiding imposition
4
Anaphora is?
Reference to something already mentioned
None of the above
Something mentioned for the first time
Something never mentioned
5
When discussing Speech act there was the example with:
A cat
A dog
A hippopotamus
An umbrella
6
Which of these sentences contains deictic words?
"Water boils at 100°C."
"Triangles have three sides."
"I will see you there tomorrow."
"The Eiffel Tower is in Paris."
7
Deixis refers to words that change meaning depending on ___ and ___?
Spelling & Punctuation
Situation & Spelling
Context & Grammar
Situation & Context
8
If someone says "It’s cold in here" hoping that someone closes the window, this is an example of:
Anaphora
A direct speech act
An indirect speech act
A presupposition
9
Which of these is not a key aspect of pragmatics?
Context
Speaker intentions
Implicature
Sentence structure
10
What is "negative face" in pragmatics?
Speaking negatively about someone
The need for social approval
The desire to be independent and not imposed on
A rude expression
11
Why do different cultures have different politeness styles?
Because they have different values about respect and social interaction
Because indirect communication is confusing
Because direct communication is always better
Because some people are naturally rude
12
Speech acts are:
Uncertain syntactic structures with the functions
When a statement has no meaning
Certain syntactic structures with the functions
Syntactic structures
13
What does pragmatics study?
The sounds of language
The exact meaning of words
The use of language in context
The structure of words
14
Who is this handsome fella?
James
The Creature
Larry
Mr. Munckin man
15
What is deixis?
C) Words whose meaning depends on context
A type of linguistic error
The way language structures meaning
A study of grammatical rules
16
Which statement supports someone's positive face?
"Let’s work on this together!"
"I don’t want to get in your way."
I know you're busy, but..."
"Sorry to bother you, but…"

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