Pragmatics test

I.                   Definite terms:

1. Adjacency pairs: A set of two consecutive, ordered turns that “go together” in a conversation.

2. Presupposition: A propositionexpressed in a sentence that is assumed to be true in order to judge the truth of another sentence.

3. Cooperative principle conversation: 4 maxims that describe how language users……

4. Face wants:

5. Illocutionay force: The intention that a speaker or….

6. Implicature: A proposition implied by an utterances but not part…..

7. Deictic expression: Expression produced in a particular context with a particular intention.

8. Felicity condition: condition that must be met for the valid performance of an illocutionary act.

II. Give at least 4 presuppositions:

John regrets that he stopped doing linguistics before he left Cambridge.

1.                  There is a person named  John

2.                  John stopped doing linguistics before he left Cambridge.

3.                  John was doing linguistics before he left Cambridge.

4.                  John had been studying at Cambridge

III.               Indicate the implicature.

1.                  A. Do you love me?

B. I like ferric wheel, ……..

-> Violate the maxim of Relation.

- Implicature: B doesn’t love A

2. A. How did you do in these exams?

    B. I failed Physics.

-> Observed the maxim of Quantity.

- Implicature: B didn’t fail other subjects.

3.   A: Does your daughter play the piano?

      B: She sits at the piano and pushes the keys and the keys make noise

-> Violate the maxim of Manner

- Implicature: B’s daughter doesn’t play the piano well.

4. A: I can lift that tone

    B: Yes, and the sun rises in the west.

è    Violate the maxim of Quality

è    Implicature: B doesn’t believe what A said

IV.              Positive politeness strategy (p) or Negative politeness strategy (N)  

1.                  I’d rather you wouldn’t do that -> N (hedge)

2.                  Could you pass the salt please -> N (be conventional indirect)

3.                  If you wash the dishes, I’ll vacuum the floor -> P ( offer or promise)

4.                  If you help each other, I guess, we’ll both sink or swim in this course -> P (include both speaker and hearer)

5.                  Hey mate, can you lend me a fiver -> P ( solidarity, identity markers)

6.                  Passengers will please refrain from flushing toilets on the train -> N (state the FTA as a general rule)

7.                  You look sad, can I do anything? -> P (attend to hearer’s need)

8.                   You couldn’t find your way …. -> N (be pessimistic)

V.                Classify speech acts.

1.                  I name this…. (declaration)

2.                  I agree to the term……(permissive)

3.                  They have almost ………….(representative)

4.                  Expressive

5.                  Directive

VI.              Ask your brother/sister to clean the kitchen

-                     On-record (direct way): Clean the kitchen!

-                     Positive politeness: How about cleaning the kitchen?

-                     Negative politeness: Could you clean the kitchen.

-                     Off-record (indirect way):The kitchen is very dirty/ I forget to clean the kitchen.

VII.         Find in a conversation.

- 2 adjacency pairs  (4 first lines)

- one insertion sequences (6,7)

- one dispreferred expression (last one)

VIII. Identify types of deixis.

1.                  I saw her standing there  

    personal                spatial

2.                  The teacher will be here in an hour.

                             Spatial

3.                  There are 3 bedrooms in my house.

 Discoursal                   spatial

4.                  She met him last year.

Personal      temporal