Quiz Pragmatics and Discourse

Quiz Pragmatics and Discourse

Quiz Pragmatics and Discourse

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1. Which of these is NOT a feature of pragmatics? A assumptions about audiences B cultural references C use of humour and irony D cohesion

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2. The Co-operative Principle is also known as...A turn-taking B topic shifting C Grice's Maxims D Paul's Rules

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3. Sometimes, what we DON'T say is more important that what we DO say. This is known as... A irony B implying by omission C intertextuality D synthetic personalisation

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4. What is irony?A rain on your wedding day B the good advice that you just didn't take C a free ride when you've already paid D saying the opposite of what you really mean

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5. What is meant by the idea of a 'narrator' in language? A the real person who created the text B a fictional 'teller'; the apparent voice behind the text, created by the writer C a fictional 'receiver'; the person that the text appears to be aimed at D the real reader or listener

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6. Who coined the phrase 'synthetic personalisation'? A Fairclough B Cameron C Grice D Drew & Heritage

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7. What is prosody? A stress, intonation and emphasis in spoken language B use of bold or italics C use of emoticons D computer-mediated communication

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8. What does 'discourse' refer to in the study of language? A the mode of a text B the structure, organisation and layout of a text C the vocabulary of a text D the meaning behind the vocabulary of a text

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9. The use of explicit linguistic devices to signal relations between sentences and parts of texts is known as... A cohesion B cataphora C anaphora D ellipsis

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10. Which of the following is NOT a technique used for cohesion? A conjunctions B adjectives C determiners D pronouns

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11. Which of the following is NOT an example of a typical discourse structure? A narrative B question-answer C narrated D list

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12. How might synonyms be a useful feature in discourse? A they omit words B they help to orientate the reader C they can help to avoid repetition D they refer back to an earlier point

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13. An anaphoric reference... A helps the text make sense B refers back to another part of the text C links forward to another part of the text D give us information about time and place

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14. Which of the following is NOT a discourse feature we would expect to see in spontaneous conversations? A emoticons B topic shifts C openings and closings D topic loops

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15. Fill the blank: __________ of time and place establish connections between one part of a text and another, and are frequent in narrative. A determiners B pronouns C synonyms D adverbials

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16. Fill the blank: If there were no ________ you would have to keep repeating the noun or proper noun, and this would make sentences very long-winded. A articles B determiners C conjunctions D pronouns

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17. Fill the blank: ____________ is where words are omitted because the context makes it clear what is meant. A ellipsis B adverbials C anaphora D cataphora

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18. LEXIS REVISION: which word class do 'under', 'behind' and 'before' belong to? A conjunctions B pronouns C prepositions D determiners

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19. LEXIS REVISION: what sort of adjectives are 'biggest', 'smallest' and 'best'? A stative B superlatives C comparatives D dynamic

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20. LEXIS REVISION: When making a noun into a plural, should you use an apostrophe? A Never B Always C Only when talking about decades, e.g. the 1980's D Only with initialisms, e.g. DVD's

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