midterms Flashcards
- Which type of deixis refers to expressions that indicate location?
a) Person deixis
b) Temporal deixis
c) Spatial deixis
d) Social deixis
C. Spatial
Who proposed the Speech Act Theory?
a) Noam Chomsky
b) John Searle
c) John Langshaw Austin
d) Ferdinand de Saussure
C. Langshaw
Which speech act is concerned with the intention of an utterance?
a) Locutionary act
b) Illocutionary act
c) Perlocutionary act
B. Illocutionary
Chimpanzee closest to being talking ape
A. Viki
B. Wahsoe
C. Kanzi
D. Koko
A. Viki
psychologist monkey 250 signs
A. Viki
B. Wahsoe
C. Kanzi
D. Koko
B. washoe
computer skill monkey
A. Viki
B. Wahsoe
C. Kanzi
D. Koko
C. Kanzi
gorilla, modified form asl
KOKO
Who introduced the Cooperative Principle in communication?
a) Noam Chomsky
b) John Searle
c) H. Paul Grice
C. Paul Grice
Which maxim requires a speaker to provide just the right amount of information—neither too much nor too little?
a) Maxim of Quantity
b) Maxim of Quality
c) Maxim of Manner
d) Maxim of Relevance
A. Quantity
Who identified the features of human language?
a) Noam Chomsky
b) Charles Hockett
c) Ferdinand de Saussure
B. Charles Hockett
Which feature of human language allows small units of sound to combine into meaningful words and sentences?
a) Productivity
b) Discreteness
c) Duality of Patterning
c) Duality of Patterning
Which function of human language is essential for the continuation of cultural knowledge and traditions?
a) Reflexivity
b) Cultural Transmission
B. Cultural
Who proposed the seven functions of language?
a) Noam Chomsky
b) Ferdinand de Saussure
c) Michael Halliday
Halliday functions
Which function of language is used to express personal emotions and opinions?
a) Heuristic
b) Instrumental
c) Personal
C. Personal
What are the three types of speech acts?
○ a) Performative, Declarative, Expressive
○ b) Locutionary, Illocutionary, Perlocutionary
○ c) Direct, Indirect, Commissive
○ d) Assertive, Directive, Expressive
○ Answer: b) Locutionary, Illocutionary, Perlocutionar
B.
The heuristic function of language is primarily used for:
a) Persuading others
b) Expressing emotions
c) Asking questions and discovering new information
C.
The maxim of relevance requires speakers to:
a) Speak truthfully
b) Be brief, clear, and orderly
B.
What is implicature in pragmatics?
○ a) A literal meaning derived from a sentence
○ b) The hidden or implied meaning beyond what is explicitly stated
○ c) A type of grammatical structure
B. hidden
Which of the following is an example of lexical ambiguity?
○ a) “I saw the man with the pants.”
○ b) “Break a leg!”
○ c) “I saw her duck in the park.”
C. Duck
Which of the following is an example of syntactic ambiguity?
○ a) “It’s quite cold, ain’t it?”
○ b) “Beats me, I don’t know.”
○ c) “Kenneth found a bat.”
○ d) “The mother hit her son who was drunk.
D
Why do people often use indirect speech acts instead of direct ones?
○ a) To confuse the listener
○ b) To make their speech more formal
○ c) To be more polite or gentle in communicatio
C. polite
What is the main purpose of the regulatory function of language?
○ a) To control the behavior of others
○ b) To ask questions and seek information
A. to control
Which of the following is an example of the interactional function of
language?
○ a) “I need some water.”
○ b) “Nice to meet you! How are you?”
○ c) “Once upon a time, in a faraway land…”
C.
What is pragmatics primarily concerned with?
○ a) The literal meanings of words in isolation
○ b) The study of syntax and sentence structure
○ c) The meaning of words in context and speaker assumptions
C. meaning in context
Which of the following is an example of legitimate animal communication?
○ a) A parrot understanding and forming new sentences
○ b) A bee performing a “waggle dance”
B
Why is the communication system of apes, such as the use of sign
language, not considered a full human language?
○ a) Apes do have vocal cords
○ b) They lack the ability to create infinite new sentences using grammar
rules
B. Lack
Which speech act category does the utterance ‘In sickness and in health till
death…’ belong to?
○ a) Verdictives
○ b) Expressives
○ c) Declaratives
○ d) Commissives
○
D. commisives
A writer expresses their thoughts and emotions, even though no one else
is reading it. Which function of language allows the speaker to use
language as a tool for internal expression?
○ a) Interactional Function
○ b) Ideational Function
○ c) Interpersonal Functio n
B. Ideational function
An essayist writes about a character’s emotions, thoughts, and imagined
worlds, conveying hypothetical situations. Which feature of human
language enables this ability?
○ a) Arbitrariness
○ b) Semanticity
○ c) Reflexivity
○ d) Prevarication
○
Answer: d) Prevarication
During a pragmatics class, a professor explains the meaning of words
using language itself. Which feature of human language allows us to use
language to describe language?
○ a) Arbitrariness
○ b) Semanticity
○ c) Reflexivity
○ d) Prevarication
C. Reflexivity
