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Pragmatics as an important branch of linguistics.
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14. What does a politeness strategy aim to do?
С) Maintain harmony and avoid conflict
A) Show authority in conversation
D) Make people uncomfortable
B) Ignore social norms
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13. Negative face is the need to be independent and not imposed upon.
False
True
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7. What type of deixis is in the sentence: “See you there at 6 PM”?
D) All of the above
A) Person deixis
C) Temporal deixis
B) Spatial deixis
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1. What does pragmatics study?
A) The grammatical structure of language
C) The historical origins of words
D) The sounds of language
B) The meaning of language in context
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15. Which of the following best represents a pragmatic misunderstanding?
A) A grammar mistake in a sentence
D) Misinterpreting sarcasm as a serious statement
C) Spelling a word incorrectly
B) Forgetting a word’s meaning
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8. An indirect speech act is when the form of the sentence matches its function.
True
False
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5. Which sentence contains an anaphoric reference?
D) “I will meet you later.”
B) “Before he arrived, John had called ahead.”
C) “She is my best friend.”
A) “John loves football. He plays every weekend.”
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6. What is an example of a presupposition?
C) “Where is your book?”
B) “What time is it?”
A) “Did you stop eating meat?”
D) “This is my first time here.”
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3. Pragmatics focuses only on spoken language.
False
True
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4. What does “context” refer to in pragmatics?
A) The way sentences are structured
B) The rules of grammar
D) The sounds in speech
C) The situation, background, and shared knowledge that influence meaning
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9. Which of the following is an example of an indirect speech act?
D) “Shut the door now!”
C) “The door is open.”
A) “Give me your phone.”
B) “Can you pass me the salt?”
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12. What is an example of a face-saving act?
A) “Move out of my way!”
D) “You must leave now!”
C) “Your opinion doesn’t matter.”
B) “I’m sorry, but would you mind moving?”
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10. What is the term for when we infer meaning beyond what is explicitly stated?
B) Inference
A) Reference
C) Syntax
D) Deixis
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11. What is an example of a face-threatening act?
C) “May I borrow your book?”
A) “Could you help me for a moment?”
B) “You’re wrong, and I don’t care what you think.”
D) “That’s a great idea!”
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2. Which of the following is an example of deixis?
• A) “The Eiffel Tower is in Paris.”
D) “Apples are red.”
• B) “She will arrive here tomorrow.”
C) “Water boils at 100°C.”
