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1. What is inference?

a) The process of deriving implied meanings b) The process of signalling attitude

c) The concept of how all

communication relies on presenting
a 'face'

2. What is irony?

a) Using language to signal attitude b) Using words that are context bound.
other than what has been literally
said.
c) A mixture of vague language and humour. d) The process of deriving implied meanings.

3. What is Deixis?

a) A word that is quite hard to spell b) An implied meaning that has to be

inferred as a result of a
conversational maxim being
broken.

c) Words that are context bound where

meaning depends on who is
being referred to, where
something is happening or when
something is happening.

4. Speech Acts

a) Using paralinguistic features when b) Communicative acts that carry

speaking. meaning beyond the words and
phrases used within them, for
example, apologies and promises.
c) The awareness of others' needs to
be approved of and liked.

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5. Define Pragmatics

a) a subfield of linguistics and semiotics b) features that appear when we put

that studies the ways in which sounds together in connected speech.
context contributes to meaning. It It is as important to teach learners
encompasses speech act theory, features
conversational implicature, talk in as successful communication depends
interaction and other approaches to as much on intonation, stress and
language behavior in philosophy, rhythm as on the correct
sociology, linguistics and pronunciation of sounds.
anthropology.

c) Some definitions limit this to verbal

communication that is not words.
Body language, gestures, facial
expressions, tone and pitch of voice
are all examples of...........

6. Yes or No, You are in the middle of an open field of

beautifully colored, pleasantly smelling, edible wildflowers.
You've just picked one and are now munching on it.
You feel you are being watched. You gesture a universal
sign of "I won't hurt you, unless you try to hurt me."
while turning around. Is pragmatics involved in your
situation?

a) Yes b) No

7. True or False, A control group may be used for

pragmatics to demonstrate no e"ect or a standard
e"ect versus a novel e"ort applied to a treatment
group.

a) True b) False

8. True or False, The relation between a linguistic

expression and its expresser is a part of pragmatics.

a) True b) False

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9. Say you are in line at a store to pay for your

purchases. The cashier asks, 'How are you today?' Do
you immediately go into an in-depth account of your
health issues, varying mood, relationship status, and
everything else going on in your life?

a) Yes - definitely b) No - of course not!

10. Many times you can see pragmatics working when there
is an ambiguous meaning - vague or unclear, idea or
sentence. As always, the situation will make the
ambiguous wording clear. For example, imagine you are
at the airport, and you have already checked in your
luggage. Then you approach the escalator and see a
sign that reads, 'Luggage must be carried on the
escalator.' Does this mean that you must return to the
counter and get your luggage back so you can carry
it on the escalator?

a) Yes b) No

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Answer
Key 4. b 7. a 10. b
1. a 5. a 8. a
2. a 6. a 9. b
3. c

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8 Questions

1.
It aims a direct expression of the speaker's attitude
towards what he is speaking about. What kind of
function is this?

a) emotive b) referential

c) phatic d) phoetic

2.
it helps describe messages that are intended to have
an e"ect on the audience like command, insult and
etc.

a) referential b) conative

c) metalingual d) poetic

3.
We normally think of it as information or
denotative functions of language like ideas, objects
and etc which speakers share knowledge of.

a) emotive b) metalingual

c) phatic d) referential

4.
It is a function to communicate something that is
socially acceptable such as greeting (small talk).

a) poetic b) phatic

c) metalingual d) conative

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5.
it is a language that refers to language and
communication and plays a vital role to the success
of communication.

a) emotive b) poetic

c) phatic d) metalingual

6.
it is the most important function for everyday
language which can be used as advertising,
persuading and even politics

a) poetic b) metalingual

c) conative d) referential

7.
who is the author of this "Function of Language"?

a) John Locke b) Rene Descartes

c) Roman Jakobson d) Noam Chomsky

e) Ferdinand de Saussure

8.
What is my name? hehehe

a) Angel b) Angelie

c) Angelina d) Angeline

e) Angelo

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Key 3. d 5. d 7. c
1. a 4. b 6. a 8. b
2. b

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About the Book
About the Author 1. In her work with the Kaluli, Shieffelin identified the
Chapter Test Banks speech event Elema. This is a speech event in which:
Chapter 1
A. children learn how to tease their elders
Chapter 2
Chapter 3 B. caregivers teach children what replies are
Chapter 4 appropriate in particular situations
Chapter 5
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C. children learn forms of address
Learning Goals D. children learn vocabulary
Multiple Choice
Questions 2. Which of the following is one teaching technique Kaluli
Essay Questions adults use in Elema exchanges with children?
Chapter 6
A. verbal praise
Chapter 7
Chapter 8 B. reinforcement and positive rewards
Chapter 9
Chapter 10 C. shaming
Chapter 11
D. punishment
Chapter 12
Chapter 13 3. The techniques caregivers use during Elema exchanges
Chapter 14 reinforce which of the following Kaluli culturally valued
Chapter 15 behaviors?
Chapter 16
A. being passive
Powerpoints
Additional Class Activities B. competition

C. independence

D. being assertive

4. According to Tomasello, there is one important

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A. humans can communicate emotions

B. animals can communicate emotions

C. animals communicate to ensure their own welfare

D. humans communicate to ensure their own welfare

5. Animal communication often uses visual, auditory,

chemical, electrical means to convey information. These
are examples of:

A. a symbol

B. a signal

C. a non-verbal gesture

D. nonverbal communication

6. In some countries, a red heart communicates the

emotion love. Objects that are made to represent
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something else are:

A. symbols

B. signals

C. gestures

D. vocalizations

7. Our body posture, gestures, and eye gaze or examples

of:

A. signals

B. nonverbal communication

C. verbal communication

D. computer mediated communication

8. Jenna and Liza are discussing an open, rule governed

communication system that uses symbols to convey
meaning. They are discussing:

A. signals

B. symbols

C. grammar

D. language

9. All languages have a system of rules that helps

speakers understand how to combine words to convey
meaning. This system of rules is a:

A. semantic

B. symbol

C. grammar

D. syntax

10. In many of the Romance languages, the adjective often

follows the noun it describes or modifies. The
arrangement of words and sentences is an example of:

A. semantics

B. grammar

C. signal

D. syntax

11. Some words can have more than one meaning. For
example, the word crash can refer to an auto accident
or decline in the stock market. The meaning of words in
a particular language relates to which of the following?

A. semantics

B. grammar

C. signal

D. syntax

12. What is the term for the smallest meaningful unit of

sound in a language?

A. morpheme

B. semantics

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C. phoneme

D. syntax

13. Ye-jun is a young Korean child learning about the

importance of honorifics when speaking to others. The
term for honorifics that relate to the person about who
one is speaking is:

A. a signal

B. a symbol

C. referent honorifics

D. addressee honorifics

14. The Korean language has six levels of honorifics that

speakers must master. Which honorific relates to the
speakers’ relationship to the listener?

A. a signal

B. a symbol

C. referent honorifics

D. addressee honorifics

15. You believe that humans learn language the way they
do some other skills and abilities - through experience.
With which theorist would you agree?

A. Chomsky

B. Piaget

C. Vygotsky

D. Skinner

16. Skinner argued that children would be likely to repeat

sounds if they were followed by a pleasurable
response. This viewpoint has its foundation in:

A. the language acquisition device

B. the nativist theory

C. operant conditioning

D. observational learning

17. You believe that human beings are born with the
capacity to acquire language. Your belief aligns with
which of the following models?

A. operant conditioning

B. nativism

C. the language acquisition device

D. reinforcement

18. Chomsky believed that individuals were able to extract

the rules of a language simply from hearing a language
spoken and without any type of learning. The ability to
do this connects to which of the following?

A. operant conditioning

B. reinforcement

C. radical behaviorism

D. the language acquisition device

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19. Which of the following supports the nativist position in
language acquisition?

A. children repeat sounds they hear

B. children imitate adult language speakers

C. all infants coo and babble

D. children acquire vocabulary through selective

reinforcement

20. When infants and very young children live in

environments where they have no exposure to or
experience with language, their language development
is severely limited. These limitations are not reversible.
This supports which of the following terms?

A. sensitive periods of development

B. semantics

C. syntax

D. nativism

21. The ability to communicate in particular cultural learning

environments is an example of:

A. syntax

B. semantics

C. communicative competence

D. radical behaviorism

22. You live in a community that emphasizes directness,

logical thinking, gathering facts, and the value of
autonomy. Your community is most likely a:

A. high context culture

B. low context culture

C. traditional community

D. rural community

23. You live in a community that emphasizes

interdependent relations, establishing trust,
conforming to social norms, and indirect
communication. Your community is most likely a

A. high context culture

B. low context culture

C. traditional community

D. rural community

24. Individuals who live in high context cultures rarely used

direct communication strategies. Rather they rely on:

A. verbal cues

B. contextual cues

C. direct confrontation

D. direct eye contact

25. Which of the following is a high context culture?

A. Germany

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B. the United States

C. Norway

D. Japan

26. Which of the following is a low context culture?

A. Japan

B. China

C. India

D. Sweden

27. Which of the following is likely to occur in a high

context culture?

A. asking a boss “are you sure this is what you want

and meant?

B. directly confronting a colleague at work

C. questioning a boss’ decision

D. avoiding a verbal argument to save a

colleague at work from embarrassment

28. Clancy’s work illustrates how cultural settings shaped

the way children construct their speech and gestures
to reveal motives and desires. What is one salient
cultural difference between Japanese and English
speakers?

A. most Japanese speakers use more command words

that most English speakers do

B. most Japanese speakers use more declarative

words than most English teachers do

C. most Japanese speakers speak considerably less

than most English speakers do

D. most Japanese speakers used direct forms of

communication more than most English speakers do

29. According to Clancy, children learn cultural scripts

through their language exchanges with caregivers and
adults. Japanese children learn that arguing and giving
someone a direct order will not meet with adult
approval because it violates the principle of empathy.
Which concept reflects the Japanese experience of
empathy?

A. omiyari

B. amae

C. lonne

D. tatemae

30. In the Japanese experience, amae relates to obligation

and kindness to indulge another’s request. Amae is a
social strategy in which the requester asked for a very
atypical favor. Amae is important in Japanese
communication exchanges because:

A. it reinforces empathy

B. reinforces respect for elders

C. reinforces group harmony

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D. helps speakers learn to anticipate that listeners will
be able to understand the speaker’s feelings and
motives

31. In their study on Argentinian, Japanese, French, and

American mother-infant conversational exchanges,
Bornstein and colleagues found:

A. as a group, Argentinian mothers used more indirect

speech than any other group

B. as a group US mothers used more commands as a

way to structure learning context in conversation than
any other group

C. mothers in all cultural groups converse more with

older children than with their infants

D. Japanese mothers were less responsive to their

children than mothers in any other group

32. Crying, cooing, and babbling are all examples of which

stage of language development?

A. pre-linguistic

B. linguistic

C. referential

D. expressive

33. Around 2 to 3 months of age, infants are capable of

producing open vowel sounds. These sounds are
examples of:

A. babbling

B. cooing

C. one-word utterances

D. morphemes

34. Enrique is a seventh month old infant. He is now

making vocalizations that combine consonants and
vowels. He is communicating using which of the
following?

A. cooing

B. phonemes

C. linguistic speech

D. babbling

35. Which of the following IS TRUE regarding infants

abilities to discriminate sounds?

A. infants never acquire the ability to recognize sounds

that do not belong to their native language

B. infants can only recognize the sounds of their native

language when they hear verbal speech

C. somewhere between 2-3 months infants are able to

distinguish sounds they hear frequently in their native
language from other unfamiliar sounds

D. somewhere between 10-12 months babies

are better at distinguishing sounds they hear
frequently while weeding out unnecessary
sounds

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different languages. Her
language ability makes her a:

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B. polyglot

C. monolingual speaker

D. linguist

37. Katie is thinking about taking a foreign language while

she is a university student. Which of the following IS
TRUE about language learning?

A. all individuals are similar in their ability to learn

different languages

B. you can only learn a language while you are young

C. you can learn a language at any age but it is

easier to do so while you are younger

D. you can only learn two languages throughout your

lifetime

38. Neuroscience has contributed to our understanding of

language acquisition. Which of the following IS TRUE?

A. learning a language later in life has no cognitive

benefits

B. if you learn different languages at birth, the

same brain region will process those languages

C. language learning decreases gray matter

D. language learning leads to white matter decay in

the brain

39. The process by which children are socialized both

through and to use language within a community
relates to:

A. enculturation

B. assimilation

C. accommodation

D. language socialization

40. Language socialization functions to teach children all of

the following EXCEPT:

A. knowledge about cultural norms

B. knowledge about mind in culture

C. knowledge about cultural practices

D. how to produce speech

41. A caregiver is talking to a young child and using simple

speech, a higher pitch, and changes in intonation. This
is an example of:

A. cooing

B. babbling

C. linguistic speech

D. child directed speech

42. In their work on language socialization, Ochs and

Schieffelin believe that across cultures adults and older
children engage in which of the following with younger
children:

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A. cooing

B. babbling

C. child directed speech

D. over-regulation

43. In English, to make a noun plural you typically add an

S. There are exceptions. For example the plural for the
noun foot is feet. When a child uses the word foots
instead of feet, the child’s speech reflects which of the
following?

A. cooing

B. over-regularization

C. babbling

D. pre-linguistic speech

44. The idea that language determines the way we think

about and perceive the world relates to:

A. the Sapir-Whorf hypothesis

B. linguistic relativity

C. language socialization

D. language acquisition

45. Which of the following IS TRUE about the Sapir-Whorf

hypothesis?

A. language and culture are separate and independent

B. language is not necessary to help people organize

their world

C. this hypothesis is widely unsupported today

D. if a language possessed no term for an object

speakers would have no trouble in thinking about that
object

46. The view that language reflects rather than determines

our thinking and perceptions relates to:

A. the Sapir-Whorf hypothesis

B. linguistic relativity

C. language socialization

D. language acquisition

47. The Piraha speak a language that provides no

numerical terms beyond the number two. Many Pirahā
speakers experience difficulty when trying to learn new
numerical concepts. This supports which of the
following positions?

A. the Sapir-Whorf hypothesis

B. linguistic relativity

C. language learning through reinforcement

D. nativism

48. Contemporary researchers are proposing new ways to

study the relationship between language, culture, and
cognition. These include all the following EXCEPT:

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A. culturally situated thinking styles

B. language biases

C. environmental influences

D. language vocabularies

49. Guiora and colleagues studied the relationship

between children’s acquisition of gender identity and
their languages’ gender terms. Child native speakers in
Finland, Israel and the United States were participants.
They found:

A. the Finnish language had the most gender terms

B. Hebrew had the least gender terms

C. Hebrew speaking children acquired gender identity

earlier than the other two groups

D. Finnish speaking children acquired gender identity

earlier than the other two groups

50. According to Sohn, one important function of language

is:

A. to help convey meaning about our social

relationships

B. to teach cultural norms

C. to teach about gender roles

D. language socialization

51. Corsaro and Rizzo studied which of the following

cultural routines to learn how Italian children use
language to convey social status and power?

A. child directed speech

B. discussione

C. peer culture

D. preschool activities

52. According to Corsaro and Rizzo, participating in simple

discussions at play time help children do all the
following EXCEPT:

A. share their experiences

B. develop a sense of belonging with peers

C. learn grammatically correct responses

D. construct and produce meaning about friendship

53. You have an interest in studying topics such as code-

mixing, code-switching, children’s language, and secret
languages. Which of the following disciplines studies
these topics?

A. sociology

B. sociolinguistics

C. anthropology

D. cultural psychology

54. In Portugal, there are numerous regional variations of

Portuguese that standard Portuguese speakers can
understand. These regional variations relate to:

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B. code-switching

C. dialects

D. sociolinguistics

55. When monolingual speakers move from formal to

informal modes of speech in the same spoken or
gestured idea, they are engaging in:

A. sociolinguistics

B. code-switching

C. code-mixing

D. dialects

56. Tomás was speaking in Spanish to his peers in his

classroom. When his teacher called on him, he
immediately replied to her in English. This is an
example of:

A. code-switching

B. sociolinguistics

C. code-mixing

D. dialects

57. Which of the following IS NOT a reason why an

individual would code switch?

A. people opt for the language with which they are

most comfortable

B. to highlight the native language

C. for group solidarity

D. to help people construct their cultural identity

58. Sometimes people combine elements of different

languages in the same sentence. This is an example
of:

A. sociolinguistics

B. code-switching

C. code-mixing

D. dialects

59. Which speaker would be most likely to engage in code-

mixing?

A. Jack, a monolingual adult

B. Jane, a bilingual adult

C. Abby, a bilingual child

D. David, a monolingual child

60. There are many French speaking residents of Québec,

Canada who refuse to speak English even though
English is Canada’s primary language. Why might this
be so?

A. speaking French solidifies their cultural identity

B. not every speaker can be bilingual

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C. all public and government information in Canada is
in French

D. French is widely spoken throughout Canada

61. Morris and Jones’ work in language socialization in the

United Kingdom suggests that:

A. there is no support for the Welsh language from

schools and the government

B. the number of Welsh speaking children is increasing

C. fathers are responsible for teaching their children

the Welsh language

D. caregivers raised in Welsh speaking households

highly value the Welsh language and provide
opportunities for their children to learn and speak it

62. Chen’s first language was Mandarin. Since arriving to

the United States he no longer speaks Mandarin and
only speaks English. When the new second language
completely replaces the native language this is an
example of:

A. bilingualism

B. subtractive bilingualism

C. code-mixing

D. code-switching

63. Bilaniuk studied language attitudes in the Ukraine.

Which of the following IS TRUE?

A. contemporary Ukrainians connect language to

Ukrainian ethnic identity

B. Ukrainian is the official language in most schools

C. most government officials are fluent in pure

Ukrainian

D. speaking pure Ukrainian leads to better jobs and

greater prestige

64. Ochs and Schieffelin’s work with Haitian children in New

York City supports which of the following statements?

A. maintaining fluency in Kreyol is extremely important

to Haitian parents

B. maintaining fluency in Kreyol connects to academic

success

C. Haitian children are becoming less fluent in Kreyol

due to their parents emphasis upon learning and
speaking English

D. speaking Kreyol does not connect to Haitian ethnic

identity

65. Which of the following IS NOT an example of

nonverbal communication?

A. eye gaze

B. hand gesture

C. body posture

D. a video chat

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66. Individuals who are blind from birth display the same
facial expressions as cited individuals when presented
with emotional stimuli or prompts. This supports which
of the following statements?

A. there is some support for universal facial

expressions

B. nonverbal communication is mediated exclusively by

cultural factors

C. there is no interaction between facial expressions

and biological mechanisms

D. nature and nurture do not interact in shaping our

nonverbal behaviors

67. Many researchers agree that the connection between

nonverbal behavior and cultural experiences begins?

A. in infancy

B. at birth

C. in childhood

D. later in life

68. When communicating on social media, individuals lose

the ability or opportunity to read all of the following
EXCEPT:

A. facial expressions

B. body posture

C. eye gaze

D. text

69. What is one difference between face-to-face

interactions and electronic communication?

A. they involve a sender and receiver

B. you cannot access contextual cues

C. they are similar with respect to voice quality

D. it is easy to distinguish if an individual is serious or

joking

70. Which of the following IS TRUE about eye gaze?

A. it requires a verbal component

B. it is a cultural universal behavior

C. it does not occur along with body posture

D. it is culture specific

71. In Pakistan, it is proper to look at individuals without

turning away for a long period of time during social
interactions. The duration and direction of your stare
relates to:

A. sociolinguistics

B. eye gaze

C. dialects

D. body posture

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48 Multiple choice questions

1. There is enormous variation in what people say and do in different circumstances (debate, interview,
discussion); speaker roles; what is said and how it is said; topic, setting

(C O RREC T: speech events

2. Do not say that which you believe to be false or for which you lack adequate evidence. (quoting others,
rumors, slander, giving advice)

C O RREC T: the Quality maxim

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3. In simple terms, English conversation can be described as an activity in which, for the most part, two or more people
___.

(No Answer)
a. the Quantity maxim

b. C O RREC T: take turns at speaking

c. turn-taking

d. the Quality maxim

4. Speakers learn how to participate in conversation.

Conversational exchanges can be viewed as ___ (describes how people normally behave in conversation).

(No Answer)
a. coherence

b. cohesion

c. C O RREC T: co-operative

d. conversation

5. How do speakers mark completion points at the end of a

turn? (No Answer)

a. completion point

b. C O RREC T: Speakers can mark completion points by asking a question or by pausing at the end of a completed
syntactic structure such as a phrase or sentence.

c. intonation
pausing
phrasing

d. interpret (or to be interpreted) and how we accomplish it

6. no information given and has no communicative

value (No Answer)

a. discourse

b. cohesion

c. script

d. C O RREC T: tautology

7. Even when we know something is said or written wrong, we try to figure out what should have been conveyed,
rather than ___.

(No Answer)
a. discourse

b. script

c. cohesion

d. C O RREC T: dismiss it

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8. Analysis of ___ gives us some insight into how writers structure what they want to

say. (No Answer)

a. conversation

b. C O RREC T: cohesive ties

c. coherence

d. cohesion

9. What are hedges in

discourse? (No Answer)

a. interpret (or to be interpreted) and how we accomplish it

b. a) Quality, because the speaker indicates that he or she "may be mistaken."

b) Quantity, because the speaker is avoiding "all the details."

c. C O RREC T: Hedges are words or phrases used to indicate that we're not really sure that what we're
saying is sufficiently correct or complete.

d. head nods, listener feedback, eye contact

10. first described by philosopher Paul Grice; Make your conversational contribution such as is required, at the stage
at which it occurs, by the accepted purpose or direction of the talk exchange in which you are engaged.; includes
the Quantity, Quality, Relation, and Manner maxims

(No Answer)
a. C O RREC T: co-operative principle

b. completion point

c. cohesive ties

d. co-operative

11. For the most part, participants wait until one speaker indicates that he or she has finished, usually by signaling a

___. (No Answer)

a. cohesive ties

b. conversation

c. cohesion

d. C O RREC T: completion point

12. "language beyond the sentence"; study of the language in texts and conversation; looks at the larger pieces of
the puzzle and how they work together

(No Answer)
a. discourse

b. filled pauses

c. dismiss it

d. C O RREC T: discourse analysis

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13. Make your contribution as informative as is required, but not more, or less, than is required. (foot-in-mouth,
know when to shut up so you don't say something you regret, TMI)

(No Answer)
a. the Quality maxim

b. the Manner maxim

c. C O RREC T: the Quantity maxim

d. the Relation maxim

14. er, em, you know

(No Answer)
a. hedges

b. C O RREC T: filled pauses

c. implicatures

d. discourse

15. How is the word "discourse" usually

defined? (No Answer)

a. C O RREC T: language beyond the sentence

b. take turns at speaking

c. coherence

d. social boundaries

16. a dynamic schema; has a series of conventional actions that take place (going to the dentist, think "Oh, I've done
that before."); fixed actions

(No Answer)
a. C O RREC T: script

b. hedges

c. discourse

d. schema

17. an activity in which, for the most part, two or more people take turns

speaking (No Answer)

a. cohesion

b. C O RREC T: conversation

c. coherence

d. co-operative

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18. a general term for a conventional knowledge structure that exists in memory; comes from your
background knowledge (classroom, supermarket, car dealership); fixed features

(No Answer)
a. grammar

b. cohesion

c. C O RREC T: schema

d. script

19. the ties and connections that exist within texts (My father once bought a Lincoln convertible. He did it by saving
every penny he could. --> father-he, Lincoln-it)

(No Answer)
a. C O RREC T: cohesion (cohesive ties)

b. completion point

c. cohesive ties

d. cohesion

20. a concept that exists in people, rather than word structures, where one tries to arrive at an interpretation that is
in line with their experience of the way the world is

(No Answer)
a. co-operative

b. hedges

c. cohesion

d. C O RREC T: coherence

21. We try to analyze how hedges work with ___

(when speakers imply something that isn't
said).

(No Answer)
a. filled pauses

b. implicature

c. C O RREC T: implicatures

d. Discourse

22. There are connections that exist within texts called ____. (words with all of the letters jumbled except the first
and last one)

(No Answer)
a. coherence

b. co-operative

c. C O RREC T: cohesive ties

d. cohesion

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23. ___ describes a formal way of thinking that uses

language. (No Answer)

a. dismiss it

b. C O RREC T: Discourse

c. script

d. schema

24. What makes a good

listener? (No Answer)

a. speech events

b. language beyond the sentence

c. the Quality maxim

d. C O RREC T: head nods, listener feedback, eye contact

25. If you and your communication partner do not share the same assumptions about ___, one or both may claim to
feel "interrupted."

(No Answer)
a. script

b. C O RREC T: turn-taking

c. tautology

d. grammar

26. There are different expectations of conversational style and different strategies of participation in conversation,
which may result in slightly different conventions of ___ (don't pause at the end of sentences).

(No Answer)
a. tautology

b. C O RREC T: turn-taking

c. grammar

d. script

27. Texts must have a certain structure that depends on factors quite different from those required in the structure of a
single sentence. This is called ___. (Ever find yourself reading a book or a paper and go, "What did I just read?";
Look at how certain texts flow
newspaper, book, SAT/ACT passages)

(No Answer)
a. coherence

b. hedges

c. C O RREC T: cohesion

d. conversation

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28. makes text semantically meaningful; using deictic expressions, presuppositions, and implications; fits under the term

(No Answer)
a. hedges

b. co-operative

c. C O RREC T: coherence

d. cohesion

29. What makes a bad

listener? (No Answer)

a. C O RREC T: Too many
nods Too many "uh-huh's"
Proximity of the speaker and the listener
Wandering eyes
negative listener response

b. interpret (or to be interpreted) and how we accomplish it

c. intonation
pausing
phrasing

d. the Manner maxim

30. Which maxims do these speakers seem to be particularly careful about?

a) I may be mistaken, but I thought I saw a wedding ring on his finger.
b) I won't bore you with all the details, but it wasn't a pleasant experience.

(No Answer)
a. language beyond the sentence

b. interpret (or to be interpreted) and how we accomplish it

c. Hedges are words or phrases used to indicate that we're not really sure that what we're saying is
sufficiently correct or complete.

d. C O RREC T: a) Quality, because the speaker indicates that he or she "may be mistaken."
b) Quantity, because the speaker is avoiding "all the details."

31. Be clear, brief, and orderly with your message. (avoid obscurity and ambiguity, don't be long-winded, especially when
your message is simple, People that say A LOT in just a few words; all about how you PRESENT your message, People
lose interest
Different than "too much" information, think about how the message is organized)

(No Answer)
a. C O RREC T: the Manner maxim

b. the Quality maxim

c. the Relation maxim

d. the Quantity maxim

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32. "everything fitting together well"; helps us distinguish connected texts that make sense from those that do not

(No Answer)
a. cohesive ties

b. schema

c. C O RREC T: coherence

d. cohesion

33. One of the most noticeable features of conversational discourse in English is that it is generally very

___. (No Answer)

a. C O RREC T: "co-operative"

b. conversation

c. co-operative principle

d. co-operative

34. Our understanding of what we read is not only based on what we see on the page (___), but also on other things
that we have in mind (___) as we go about making sense of discourse.

(No Answer)
a. discourse analysis

b. language beyond the sentence

c. take turns at speaking

d. C O RREC T: language structures; knowledge structures

35. Modern linguistics are primarily concerned with the ___ aspect (phonetics, morphology, syntax,
semantics, pragmatics).

(No Answer)
a. schema

b. script

c. C O RREC T: grammar

d. hedges

36. helps us to decide if something is well-written or not; use names and precise locations in one sentence (e.g., Bob,
Coach Don, Canada) but then pronouns in subsequent sentences (he, him, it); antecedent and anaphora

(No Answer)
a. C O RREC T: cohesive ties

b. coherence

c. cohesion

d. conversation

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37. language beyond the sentence

(No Answer)
a. schema

b. implicature

c. C O RREC T: discourse

d. dismiss it

38. What is the basic difference between cohesion and

coherence? (No Answer)

a. interpret (or to be interpreted) and how we accomplish it

b. cohesion (cohesive ties)

c. head nods, listener feedback, eye contact

d. C O RREC T: Cohesion is the ties and connections that exist within the actual texts, written or
spoken. Coherence is the sense of everything fitting together in the interpretation of texts.

39. In the study of discourse understanding, what are

scripts? (No Answer)

a. C O RREC T: Scripts are like dynamic schemas (or knowledge structures) in which a series of
conventional actions takes place.

b. language beyond the sentence

c. Speakers can mark completion points by asking a question or by pausing at the end of a completed
syntactic structure such as a phrase or sentence.

d. language structures; knowledge structures

40. an additional conveyed meaning (Are you coming to the party tonight? I've got an exam

tomorrow.) (No Answer)

a. C O RREC T: implicature

b. discourse

c. implicatures

d. grammar

41. How do I know it's my turn to speak in a conversation?

(No Answer)
a. C O RREC T:
intonation pausing
phrasing

b. take turns at speaking

c. cohesion (cohesive ties)

d. the Manner maxim

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42. pre-turn taking, turn-taking (taught as infants)

Only one person speaks at a time
Varies across societies
Rude vs. shy
Some people are just "long-winded"

(No Answer)
a. co-operative

b. coherence

c. C O RREC T: conversation

d. cohesion

43. We cannot avoid discourse because of our ___ (even if we don't say anything out

loud). (No Answer)

a. filled pauses

b. cohesive ties

c. C O RREC T: social boundaries

d. discourse

44. components of language (the way language is used); how language-users successfully interpret what other
language- users intend to convey; coherent sequences of sentences and speech acts (locution, illocution,
perlocution)

(No Answer)
a. dismiss it

b. C O RREC T: discourse

c. script

d. schema

45. concerned with the study of language in texts and conversation; how we make sense of what we read, how we can
recognize well-constructed texts as opposed to those that are jumbled or incoherent, how we understand speakers
who communicate more than they say, and how we successfully take part in that complex activity called
conversation

(No Answer)
a. discourse

b. C O RREC T: discourse analysis

c. dismiss it

d. filled pauses

46. Be relevant. (topic shift, "We weren't even talking about that!", Are you TRYING to change the subject?, different
than giving too much information)

(No Answer)
a. the Quantity maxim

b. the Quality maxim

c. the Manner maxim

d. C O RREC T: the Relation maxim

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47. It is this effort to ___ and ___ that are the key elements investigated in the study of

discourse. (No Answer)

a. head nods, listener feedback, eye contact

b. C O RREC T: interpret (or to be interpreted) and how we accomplish it

c. co-operative principle

d. intonation
pausing
phrasing

48. words or phrases used to indicate that we're not really sure that what we're saying is sufficiently correct or
complete (He was kind of cute..., She sort of had long hair., As far as I know,..., relates to the Quality maxim)

(No Answer)
a. cohesion

b. C O RREC T: hedges

c. schema

d. script

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1. Communicative competence requires that speakers be aware of which two aspects

of their language?

Your Answer: linguistic and pragmatic

2. Which of these is NOT a linguistic aspect of communicative competence?

Your Answer: discourse

Correct Answer: interactional

3. By one year of age, infants begin to devote greater attention to___________and

less attention to___________.

Your Answer: word learning/native language sounds

4. Normal phonological deviations that children make when producing sounds and
words are referred to as:

Your Answer: speech errors

Correct Answer: phonological processes

5. The suffix /ing/ is an example of a (an):

Your Answer: morpheme

6. A young child complaining that "he won't share with me" without first mentioning
the offending child is exhibiting a lack of:

Your Answer: discourse competence

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7. An individual who displays interactional competence adheres to accepted standards

for:

Your Answer: physical proximity

Correct Answer: all of the above

8. The simultaneous focus by two or more individuals on the same external stimulus is
referred to as:

Your Answer: intentional communication

Correct Answer: joint attention

9. In the stages of vocal development, verbalizations refer to:

Your Answer: any words the child produces

10. Cooing and gooing sounds occur when the infant is feeling______________.

Your Answer: vegetative

Correct Answer: content

11. Why is the 50-word mark for a child's expressive lexicon so important?

Your Answer: this begins the move to multiword utterances

Correct Answer: all of the above

12. What is it called when a child extends a known word to other objects because they
have perceptual similarities (e.g., calling anything round a ball)?

Your Answer: relational overextension

Correct Answer: analogical overextension

13. When analyzing young children's phonemic attainment, we interpret norm

references with respect to:

Your Answer: adult phonemic production skills

Correct Answer: phonemic attainment of other children

14. What is the phenomenon called that includes an initial exposure to a word followed
by a rapid acquisition of a general sense of its meaning?

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Correct Answer: fast mapping

15. What is the concept called that describes the relationship between sounds and
letters?

Your Answer: alphabetic principle

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48 Multiple choice questions dents

OPEN
1. There is enormous variation in what people say and do in different circumstances (debate, interview,
discussion); speaker roles; what is said and how it is said; topic, setting

(No Answer)
a. coherence

b. implicatures

c. schema

d. C O RREC T: speech events

2. Do not say that which you believe to be false or for which you lack adequate evidence. (quoting others,
rumors, slander, giving advice)

(No Answer)
a. the Manner maxim

b. turn-taking

c. C O RREC T: the Quality maxim

d. the Relation maxim

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2:in simple terms, English conversation can be described as an activity in which, for the most part, two or more people
___.

(No Answer)
e. the Quantity maxim

f. C O RREC T: take turns at speaking

g. turn-taking

h. the Quality maxim

3. Speakers learn how to participate in conversation.

Conversational exchanges can be viewed as ___ (describes how people normally behave in conversation).

(No Answer)
a. coherence

b. cohesion

c. C O RREC T: co-operative

d. conversation

4. How do speakers mark completion points at the end of a

turn? (No Answer)

a. completion point

b. C O RREC T: Speakers can mark completion points by asking a question or by pausing at the end of a completed
syntactic structure such as a phrase or sentence.

c. intonation
pausing
phrasing

d. interpret (or to be interpreted) and how we accomplish it

5. no information given and has no communicative

value (No Answer)

a. discourse

b. cohesion

c. script

d. C O RREC T: tautology

6. Even when we know something is said or written wrong, we try to figure out what should have been conveyed,
rather than ___.

(No Answer)
a. discourse

b. script

c. cohesion

d. C O RREC T: dismiss it

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7. Analysis of ___ gives us some insight into how writers structure what they want to

say. (No Answer)

a. conversation

b. C O RREC T: cohesive ties

c. coherence

d. cohesion

8. What are hedges in

discourse? (No Answer)

a. interpret (or to be interpreted) and how we accomplish it

b. a) Quality, because the speaker indicates that he or she "may be mistaken."

b) Quantity, because the speaker is avoiding "all the details."

c. C O RREC T: Hedges are words or phrases used to indicate that we're not really sure that what we're
saying is sufficiently correct or complete.

d. head nods, listener feedback, eye contact

9. first described by philosopher Paul Grice; Make your conversational contribution such as is required, at the stage
at which it occurs, by the accepted purpose or direction of the talk exchange in which you are engaged.; includes
the Quantity, Quality, Relation, and Manner maxims

(No Answer)
a. C O RREC T: co-operative principle

b. completion point

c. cohesive ties

d. co-operative

10. For the most part, participants wait until one speaker indicates that he or she has finished, usually by signaling a

___. (No Answer)

a. cohesive ties

b. conversation

c. cohesion

d. C O RREC T: completion point

11. "language beyond the sentence"; study of the language in texts and conversation; looks at the larger pieces of
the puzzle and how they work together

(No Answer)
a. discourse

b. filled pauses

c. dismiss it

d. C O RREC T: discourse analysis

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12. Make your contribution as informative as is required, but not more, or less, than is required. (foot-in-mouth,
know when to shut up so you don't say something you regret, TMI)

(No Answer)
a. the Quality maxim

b. the Manner maxim

c. C O RREC T: the Quantity maxim

d. the Relation maxim

13. er, em, you know

(No Answer)
a. hedges

b. C O RREC T: filled pauses

c. implicatures

d. discourse

14. How is the word "discourse" usually

defined? (No Answer)

a. C O RREC T: language beyond the sentence

b. take turns at speaking

c. coherence

d. social boundaries

15. a dynamic schema; has a series of conventional actions that take place (going to the dentist, think "Oh, I've done
that before."); fixed actions

(No Answer)
a. C O RREC T: script

b. hedges

c. discourse

d. schema

16. an activity in which, for the most part, two or more people take turns

speaking (No Answer)

a. cohesion

b. C O RREC T: conversation

c. coherence

d. co-operative

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17. a general term for a conventional knowledge structure that exists in memory; comes from your
background knowledge (classroom, supermarket, car dealership); fixed features

(No Answer)
a. grammar

b. cohesion

c. C O RREC T: schema

d. script

18. the ties and connections that exist within texts (My father once bought a Lincoln convertible. He did it by saving
every penny he could. --> father-he, Lincoln-it)

(No Answer)
a. C O RREC T: cohesion (cohesive ties)

b. completion point

c. cohesive ties

d. cohesion

19. a concept that exists in people, rather than word structures, where one tries to arrive at an interpretation that is
in line with their experience of the way the world is

(No Answer)
a. co-operative

b. hedges

c. cohesion

d. C O RREC T: coherence

20. We try to analyze how hedges work with ___

(when speakers imply something that isn't
said).

(No Answer)
a. filled pauses

b. implicature

c. C O RREC T: implicatures

d. Discourse

21. There are connections that exist within texts called ____. (words with all of the letters jumbled except the first
and last one)

(No Answer)
a. coherence

b. co-operative

c. C O RREC T: cohesive ties

d. cohesion

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22. ___ describes a formal way of thinking that uses

language. (No Answer)

a. dismiss it

b. C O RREC T: Discourse

c. script

d. schema

23. What makes a good

listener? (No Answer)

a. speech events

b. language beyond the sentence

c. the Quality maxim

d. C O RREC T: head nods, listener feedback, eye contact

24. If you and your communication partner do not share the same assumptions about ___, one or both may claim to
feel "interrupted."

(No Answer)
a. script

b. C O RREC T: turn-taking

c. tautology

d. grammar

25. There are different expectations of conversational style and different strategies of participation in conversation,
which may result in slightly different conventions of ___ (don't pause at the end of sentences).

(No Answer)
a. tautology

b. C O RREC T: turn-taking

c. grammar

d. script

26. Texts must have a certain structure that depends on factors quite different from those required in the structure of a
single sentence. This is called ___. (Ever find yourself reading a book or a paper and go, "What did I just read?";
Look at how certain texts flow
newspaper, book, SAT/ACT passages)

(No Answer)
a. coherence

b. hedges

c. C O RREC T: cohesion

d. conversation

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28. makes text semantically meaningful; using deictic expressions, presuppositions, and implications; fits under the term

(No Answer)
a. hedges

b. co-operative

c. C O RREC T: coherence

d. cohesion

29. What makes a bad

listener? (No Answer)

a. C O RREC T: Too many
nods Too many "uh-huh's"
Proximity of the speaker and the listener
Wandering eyes
negative listener response

b. interpret (or to be interpreted) and how we accomplish it

c. intonation
pausing
phrasing

d. the Manner maxim

30. Which maxims do these speakers seem to be particularly careful about?

a) I may be mistaken, but I thought I saw a wedding ring on his finger.
b) I won't bore you with all the details, but it wasn't a pleasant experience.

(No Answer)
a. language beyond the sentence

b. interpret (or to be interpreted) and how we accomplish it

c. Hedges are words or phrases used to indicate that we're not really sure that what we're saying is
sufficiently correct or complete.

d. C O RREC T: a) Quality, because the speaker indicates that he or she "may be mistaken."
b) Quantity, because the speaker is avoiding "all the details."

31. Be clear, brief, and orderly with your message. (avoid obscurity and ambiguity, don't be long-winded, especially when
your message is simple, People that say A LOT in just a few words; all about how you PRESENT your message, People
lose interest
Different than "too much" information, think about how the message is organized)

(No Answer)
a. C O RREC T: the Manner maxim

b. the Quality maxim

c. the Relation maxim

d. the Quantity maxim

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32. "everything fitting together well"; helps us distinguish connected texts that make sense from those that do not

(No Answer)
a. cohesive ties

b. schema

c. C O RREC T: coherence

d. cohesion

33. One of the most noticeable features of conversational discourse in English is that it is generally very

___. (No Answer)

a. C O RREC T: "co-operative"

b. conversation

c. co-operative principle

d. co-operative

34. Our understanding of what we read is not only based on what we see on the page (___), but also on other things
that we have in mind (___) as we go about making sense of discourse.

(No Answer)
a. discourse analysis

b. language beyond the sentence

c. take turns at speaking

d. C O RREC T: language structures; knowledge structures

35. Modern linguistics are primarily concerned with the ___ aspect (phonetics, morphology, syntax,
semantics, pragmatics).

(No Answer)
a. schema

b. script

c. C O RREC T: grammar

d. hedges

36. helps us to decide if something is well-written or not; use names and precise locations in one sentence (e.g., Bob,
Coach Don, Canada) but then pronouns in subsequent sentences (he, him, it); antecedent and anaphora

(No Answer)
a. C O RREC T: cohesive ties

b. coherence

c. cohesion

d. conversation

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37. language beyond the sentence

a. schema

b. implicature

c. C O RREC T: discourse

d. dismiss it

38. What is the basic difference between cohesion and

coherence? (No Answer)

a. interpret (or to be interpreted) and how we accomplish it

b. cohesion (cohesive ties)

c. head nods, listener feedback, eye contact

d. C O RREC T: Cohesion is the ties and connections that exist within the actual texts, written or
spoken. Coherence is the sense of everything fitting together in the interpretation of texts.

39. In the study of discourse understanding, what are

scripts? (No Answer)

a. C O RREC T: Scripts are like dynamic schemas (or knowledge structures) in which a series of
conventional actions takes place.

b. language beyond the sentence

c. Speakers can mark completion points by asking a question or by pausing at the end of a completed
syntactic structure such as a phrase or sentence.

d. language structures; knowledge structures

40. an additional conveyed meaning (Are you coming to the party tonight? I've got an exam

tomorrow.) (No Answer)

a. C O RREC T: implicature

b. discourse

c. implicatures

d. grammar

41. How do I know it's my turn to speak in a conversation?

(No Answer)
a. C O RREC T:
intonation pausing
phrasing

b. take turns at speaking

c. cohesion (cohesive ties)

d. the Manner maxim

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42. pre-turn taking, turn-taking (taught as infants)

Only one person speaks at a time
Varies across societies
Rude vs. shy
Some people are just "long-winded"

(No Answer)
a. co-operative

b. coherence

c. C O RREC T: conversation

d. cohesion

43. We cannot avoid discourse because of our ___ (even if we don't say anything out

loud). (No Answer)

a. filled pauses

b. cohesive ties

c. C O RREC T: social boundaries

d. discourse

44. components of language (the way language is used); how language-users successfully interpret what other
language- users intend to convey; coherent sequences of sentences and speech acts (locution, illocution,
perlocution)

(No Answer)
a. dismiss it

b. C O RREC T: discourse

c. script

d. schema

45. concerned with the study of language in texts and conversation; how we make sense of what we read, how we can
recognize well-constructed texts as opposed to those that are jumbled or incoherent, how we understand speakers
who communicate more than they say, and how we successfully take part in that complex activity called
conversation

(No Answer)
a. discourse

b. C O RREC T: discourse analysis

c. dismiss it

d. filled pauses

46. Be relevant. (topic shift, "We weren't even talking about that!", Are you TRYING to change the subject?, different
than giving too much information)

(No Answer)
a. the Quantity maxim

b. the Quality maxim

c. the Manner maxim

d. C O RREC T: the Relation maxim

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47. It is this effort to ___ and ___ that are the key elements investigated in the study of

discourse. (No Answer)

a. head nods, listener feedback, eye contact

b. C O RREC T: interpret (or to be interpreted) and how we accomplish it

c. co-operative principle

d. intonation
pausing
phrasing

48. words or phrases used to indicate that we're not really sure that what we're saying is sufficiently correct or
complete (He was kind of cute..., She sort of had long hair., As far as I know,..., relates to the Quality maxim)

(No Answer)
a. cohesion

b. C O RREC T: hedges

c. schema

d. script

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Question 1
Conversation Analysis (CA) and Discourse Analysis (DA) differ from other qualitative research methods in that they treat lang
Correct answer:
d) A topic rather than a resource Feedback:
Whereas other methods of qualitative research (such as in-depth interviewing and focus groups) treat language as simply the
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Question 2
In CA, the term "indexicality" means that: You did not answer the question. Correct answer:
a) The meaning of an utterance depends on the context in which it is used Feedback:
Ethnomethodology is a study of the methods people use to create social meaning. The position is one of asserting that there
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Question 3
Which of the following is not one of the basic assumptions of CA?
You did not answer the question. Correct answer:
c) Talk can be measured and predicted Feedback:

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Question 4
In a CA transcript, what does the symbol "(.)" stand for?
You did not answer the question. Correct answer:
d) Slight pause Feedback:
A variety of notational symbols are used in CA to represent particular sounds or manners of speaking. The symbol "(.)" indicate
These symbols are an integral part of the transcript, since it is the talk itself that is in focus and talk consists of pauses betwe
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Question 5
What is meant by the term "adjacency pair" in CA?
You did not answer the question. Correct answer:
b) Two linked phases of conversation Feedback:
One of the basic tools of CA is the identification of "adjacency pairs" in patterns of speech. This term refers to linked phases

Question 6
What have conversation analysts found that people generally do to "repair" the damage caused by a "dispreferred response
You did not answer the question. Correct answer:
a) Provide justifications for their action Feedback:
Ethnomethodologists and conversation analysts are interested in studying the way in which people "account" for behaviour t
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What do discourse analysts study?
You did not answer the question. Correct answer:
d) All of the above Feedback:
Discourse analysis (DA) has a somewhat wider focus than CA, in that it considers all forms of written and oral communicatio
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Question 8
What is meant by the term "ethnographic particulars"?
You did not answer the question. Correct answer:
c) Factors outside the immediate context of an interaction Feedback:
Potter (1997, cited on page 532) argues that discourse analysts prefer not to make reference to "ethnographic particulars" in th
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Question 9
Potter & Wetherell use the term "interpretative repertoires" to refer to: You did not answer the question.
Correct answer:
b) The general resources people use to perform discursive acts Feedback:
The term "interpretative repertoires" coined by Potter and Wetherell (1994, cited on page 535) refers to the general resources
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Question 10
The anti-realist inclination of many DA researchers is controversial because it leads them to assert that: You did not answe
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Discourse analysts vary in the extent to which they bracket out the influence of external factors or "ethnographic particulars
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OPEN
time.

47 Multiple choice questions

1. what a speaker (or writer) assumes is true or known by a listener (or

reader) (No Answer)

a. C O RREC T: presupposition

b. spatial deixis

c. supposition

d. Pragmatics

2. the performance of an utterance and its

meaning (No Answer)

a. positive face

b. perlocutionary act

c. C O RREC T: locutionary act

d. illocutionary act

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3. The study of "invisible meaning"

What is meant even when it isn't actually said or written
Based on shared assumptions and expectations
Think about how it makes the speaker/listener feel...

(No Answer)
a. C O RREC T: context

b. face

c. words

d. contextual

4. your public self-image; the emotional and social sense of self that everyone has and expects everyone else
to recognize

(No Answer)
a. C O RREC T: face

b. words

c. context

d. reference

5. the need to be connected, to belong, to be a member of the

group (No Answer)

a. C O RREC T: positive face

b. inference

c. negative face

d. politeness

6. subsequent reference to an already introduced entity; "referring back" (-->Paul's on the phone. I don't wanna talk to -
->him.)

(No Answer)
a. face

b. words

c. C O RREC T: anaphora

d. cataphora

7. A speech act requires what 4

things? (No Answer)

a. linguistic context (co-text)

b. physical/situational context

c. C O RREC T: 1) locution/proposition (idea)

2) illocution (communicative intent)
3) perlocution (communicative intent)
4) essential elements (words and non-verbal commands)

d. literal; unconventional

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8. uses typical syntactic form; when an interrogative structure is used with the function of a question (Can you ride
a bicycle?)

(No Answer)
a. face-saving act

b. speech act

c. indirect speech act

d. C O RREC T: direct speech act

9. used to point to things (it, this, these) and people (him, them, those idiots) (-->We built -->this city on rock and

roll.) (No Answer)

a. spatial deixis

b. Pragmatics

c. temporal deixis

d. C O RREC T: personal deixis

10. T/F Children with disordered language may interpret ALL speech acts.

(No Answer)
a. physical/situational context

b. true (People do.)

c. C O RREC T: true

"Can you come here?"

"Yes." but doesn't move because they've accurately answered the question.

d. syntax
semantics
pragmatics

11. ___ is an important aspect of language for both children and adults. It involves both verbal & non-
verbal communication.

(No Answer)
a. face

b. politeness

c. reference

d. C O RREC T: Pragmatics

12. go, come, back,

forth (No Answer)

a. antecedent

b. invisible meaning

c. physical context

d. C O RREC T: indicate movement

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13. Our interpretation of the "meaning" of the sign is not based solely on the ___, but on what we think the writer
intended to communicate.

(No Answer)
a. anaphora

b. C O RREC T: words

c. face

d. context

14. used to point to a time (now, then, last year) (Turn around...every -->now and -->then I get a little bit

lonely...) (No Answer)

a. C O RREC T: temporal deixis

b. personal deixis

c. spatial deixis

d. Pragmatics

15. used to point to what we are talking/writing about; too vague (She brought it yesterday, but it can't come

tomorrow.) (No Answer)

a. deictic expressions (deixis)

b. direct speech act

c. C O RREC T: deictic expressions

d. invisible meaning

16. the words that pronouns refer back to; first mention (-->Allie likes -->her -->coach. -->She has learned a lot from -
->her.)

(No Answer)
a. C O RREC T: antecedent

b. context

c. reference

d. speech act

17. uses atypical syntactic form; using a structure associated with the function of a request ("You left the door
open." used to tell someone to close the door)

(No Answer)
a. indicate movement

b. speech act

c. direct speech act

d. C O RREC T: indirect speech act

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18. Semantics: ___ meaning

Pragmatics: ___ meaning

(No Answer)
a. presupposition

b. C O RREC T: literal; unconventional

c. linguistic context

d. physical context

19. Some questions/statements can have more than one ___. (When did you stop smoking? --> that you used to
smoke and that you quit smoking)

(No Answer)
a. presupposition

b. context

c. C O RREC T: supposition

d. speech act

20. T/F Words don't refer to anything.

(No Answer)
a. supposition

b. temporal deixis

c. C O RREC T: true (People do.)

d. presupposition

21. showing awareness and consideration of another person's

face (No Answer)

a. context

b. reference

c. words

d. C O RREC T: politeness

22. When there is something more to or something different from the literal meaning that is conveyed, we explain
those situations using ___.

(No Answer)
a. politeness

b. reference

c. C O RREC T: pragmatics

d. face

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23. Rules of conversation

determine... (No Answer)

a. 1) locution/proposition (idea)
2) illocution (communicative intent)
3) perlocution (communicative intent)
4) essential elements (words and non-verbal commands)

b. C O RREC T: 1) who talks and when they talk (turn taking)

2) who sets the topic of the talk
3) who may change the topic and when it may be changed
4) what kind of language is used in the talk (formal, informal, polite)
5) how much information to give
6) give relevant information
7) give truthful information

c. syntax
semantics
pragmatics

d. distant from the speaker

24. the set of other words used in the same phrase or sentence (bank with steep or over-

grown) (No Answer)

a. locutionary act

b. physical context

c. linguistic context

d. C O RREC T: linguistic context (co-text)

25. the location "out there" where we encounter words and phrases (the word "BANK" on a wall of a building is
understood as a financial institution)

(No Answer)
a. personal deixis

b. linguistic context

c. context

d. C O RREC T: physical context

26. the need to be independent and free from

imposition (No Answer)

a. face

b. reference

c. positive face

d. C O RREC T: negative face

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27. the effect on the listener; persuading, convincing, inspiring, scaring; can be intended or

not (No Answer)

a. C O RREC T: perlocutionary act

b. illocutionary act

c. face-saving act

d. locutionary act

28. additional information used by the listener to create a connection between what is said and what must be meant
(She's wearing Calvin Klein.); necessary for recognizing what the speaker means

(No Answer)
a. antecedent

b. reference

c. C O RREC T: inference

d. face

29. reverses the antecedent-anaphora relationship by beginning with a pronoun, then later revealing more
specific information (-->It suddenly appeared. -->An enormous grizzly bear.)

(No Answer)
a. anaphora

b. contextual

c. context

d. C O RREC T: cataphora

30. Understanding the meaning of certain words requires ___ information (think

pronouns). (No Answer)

a. politeness

b. context

c. C O RREC T: contextual

d. anaphora

31. if you say something that represents a threat to another person's self-image (Give me that

paper!) (No Answer)

a. face-saving act

b. C O RREC T: face-threatening act

c. direct speech act

d. locutionary act

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32. ___ have to be interpreted according to what the speaker has in mind.

(No Answer)
a. spatial deixis

b. direct speech act

c. deictic expressions (deixis)

d. C O RREC T: Deictic expressions

33. whenever you say something that lessens the possible threat to another person's

face (No Answer)

a. locutionary act

b. face-threatening act

c. use language

d. C O RREC T: face-saving act

34. an act by which a speaker (or writer) uses language to enable a listener (or reader) to identify something; can
use proper nouns (Chomsky), other nouns in phrases (a writer), or pronouns (he, she, it); also used to refer to
things we're not sure what to call

(No Answer)
a. antecedent

b. face

c. C O RREC T: reference

d. inference

35. baby and toddler sale, heated attendant

parking (No Answer)

a. C O RREC T: invisible meaning

b. indicate movement

c. positive face

d. inference

36. that, there,

then (No

Answer)
a. negative face

b. direct speech act

c. close to the speaker

d. C O RREC T: distant from the speaker

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37. the pragmatic "illocutionary force" of the utterance; socially acceptable; most
important

(No Answer)
a. C O RREC T: illocutionary act

b. direct speech act

c. locutionary act

d. perlocutionary act

38. used to point to people, places, and times (me, you; here, there; now,

then) (No Answer)

a. temporal deixis

b. personal deixis

c. deictic expressions

d. C O RREC T: deictic expressions (deixis)

39. In children with disordered language, there can be ___ problems (fails to understand/get along with other kids) and
___ problems (fails to follow teacher directions, fails to interpret text appropriately).

(No Answer)
a. positive face

b. C O RREC T: social; academic

c. speech act

d. spatial deixis

40. the study of what speakers mean, or "speaker meaning" (intended meaning, social

language) (No Answer)

a. face

b. politeness

c. C O RREC T: pragmatics

d. reference

41. actions such as "requesting," "commanding," "questioning," or "informing"; the action performed by a speaker with
an utterance (I'll be there at 6:00 performs the act of "promising")

(No Answer)
a. inference

b. direct speech act

c. C O RREC T: speech act

d. antecedent

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42. this, here, now

(No Answer)
a. positive face

b. distant from the speaker

c. direct speech act

d. C O RREC T: close to the speaker

43. ___: how we put words together

___ : word meanings
___ : speaker meaning

(No Answer)
a. C O RREC T:
syntax semantics
pragmatics

b. social; academic

c. Pragmatics

d. distant from the speaker

44. co-text; the set of other words used in the same phrase or sentence; using context

clues (No Answer)

a. C O RREC T: linguistic context

b. physical context

c. context

d. linguistic context (co-text)

45. physical location influences our interpretation (time and

place) (No Answer)

a. linguistic context

b. perlocutionary act

c. physical context

d. C O RREC T: physical/situational context

46. used to point to a location (here, there, near) (-->Here I go again on my

own.) (No Answer)

a. personal deixis

b. C O RREC T: spatial deixis

c. politeness

d. temporal deixis

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47. It's not only important that children/adults learn to articulate sounds and develop a language system, but we have
to learn how to ___ in a variety of social settings.

(No Answer)
a. positive face

b. contextual

c. C O RREC T: use language

d. speech act

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NAME :

CLASS :
Discourse Analysis
DATE :
10 Questions

1. It is usually defined as the analysis of language

“beyond the sentences”.

a) Coherence b) Interpreting Discourse

c) Discourse analysis d) Cohesive Language

2. Essay and notice are part of:

a) Text analysis b) discourse analysis

c) Interpreting Discourse d) Speech events

3. It is what the writer intend to convey even though the

text contains ungrammatical forms.

a) interpreting Discourse b) Coherence

c) cohesive d) Speech events

4. Interview, commentaries and conversation are part of:

a) Discourse Analysis b) speech events

c) coherence d) cohesive

5. tell the reader what we are doing in a sentence and help

to guide them through our writing.

a) cohesive devises b) coherence

c) speech events d) text analysis

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6. it refers to the meaningful connections that readers

or listeners perceive in a written or oral text

a) cohesive devises b) coherence

c) analysis d) speech

7. what are de di"erences between text analysis

and discourse analysis

a) one focuses on written language and

b) they don not have di"erences
the other on spoken language

c) both are qual

8. It refers to the use of linguistic devices to join

sentences together, including conjunctions,
reference words

a) cohesion b) cohesive devises

c) Analysis d) Discourse

9. My father bought a Lincoln convertible. The car driven

by the police was red. That color doesn’t suit her.
She consists of three letters. However, a letter isn’t as
fast as a telephone call. this is a example of:

a) Text Analysis b) Discourse Analysis

c) cohesive devises d) speech events

10. it is a type of communicative event in which speech is

the main component.

a) texts b) discourse

c) cohesion d) speech events

Sir Tazanfal Tehseem

-In linguistics, it is a variety of language used for a particular purpose or in a particular -social setting. Register

-Culture is Collective
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-Discourse historical approach is led by Ruth wodak

-The term discourse is ascribed to Z Haris

-CDA encompasses ------for analysis (Power, History, Ideology) D (All of these)

- -----is emerging as a powerful tool for showing how curriculum works CDA

-Critical Linguistics was founded by Roger Fowler

-Journey from example to generalizations inductive

- -------------is a theory of the linguistics and socio-culture characteristics of recurring episodes of face-to-face
interaction; episodes that have social and culture significance to a community of speakers. Discursive
practice

-Forms of discourse such as talk and written material are the most important site of psychological phenomena.
What are discourse analysts looking for/at in this data? They would be looking at practices,and resources

-Sociocultural dimention of CDA is associated with Fairclough

- What are the major units of analysis known as in conversation analysis? Adjacency pairs.

- “Everything fitting together”;helps us distinguish connected texts that make sense from those that do not.
Coherence

- The regular dissemination of a belief,doctrine,cause,or information with the intent to mold public opinion is
called Propaganda

- It is a language style common among friends, that involves the usual use of ellipsis and slangs Casual

- In clause syntax,it is anything that adds to the meaning of the subject or object, Complement

- Our understanding of what we read is not only based on what we see on the page
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(---),but also on other things that we have in mind (---)as we go about making sense of discourse.Language
structure;Knowledge structures.

- What is the discursive, ideological process that is challenged by an analysis of masculinity that considers
socioeconomic class? Discourse Analysis

- What is hedges in discourse? Hedges are words or phrases used to indicate that we’re…..

- Concerned with the study of language in texts and conversation; how we make sense of what we read, how
we can recognize well-constructed texts as opposed to those to those that are jumbled or incoherent, how we
understand speakers who communicate more than they say, and how we successfully take part in that complex
activity called conversation Script

- Flowerdew observes that the movement of CL was developed in ---------East Anglia

- Critical theorists believe Language is power; whoever controls language controls throught and action

- When did discourse analysis, as it is known today, begin to be used by psychologists? 1980

- When individual experience, rather than conventional agreement, creates meaning, we are referring to
Connotative meaning

- Spot the false statement out of the four below, Discourse analysis is built on idea that truth and……

- We cannot avoid discourse because of our -----(even if don’t say anything out loud)
Social boundries

- What is the difference between jargon and slang? Jargon is a special set of technical vocabulary as in
“leg………

- Components of language(the way language is used); how language-users successfully interpret what other
language-users intend to convey; coherent sequences of sentences and speech acts(locution, illocution,
perlocution) Discourse

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-Grice’s co-operative principles have how many maxims? Four

- Which of the below statements is true of discourse? All of these (Discourse could be found in interview
data, Discourse is how language operates in real life…., Discourse language at a level which is broader..)

- What is the basic difference between cohesion and coherence? Cohesion is the ties and connections.
Coherence is the s…

- Er, em, you know, such expression are called,,… Filled Pauses

- Texts must have a certain structure that depends on factor quite different from those required in the
structure of a single sentence. This is called Cohesion

- Analysis of -----gives us some insight into how writers structure what they want to say. Cohesive ties

- What do discourse analysts study? All of these (Forms of communication other than talk, The way
discourses “frame” our understanding of…,The rhetorical styles used in written and oral com….)

- It is a phrase containing a noun or noun-like word(such as pronoun) which is the head ,and other
element ,either before or after. Noun Phrase

- Forms of discourse such as talk and written material are the most important site of psychological phenomena.
What are discourse analysts looking for/at in this data? They would be looking at practices, and resources
used, and processses which may…

-Socio-Cognitive approach is led by Van Dijk

-How is the word “discourse” usually defined language beyond the sentence

-Critical Discourse analysis has its roots in anthropology

- It is usually defined as the analysis of language “beyond the sentences”. Discourse analysis

-Essay and notice are part of: Text analysis

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- It is what the writer intend to convey even though the text contains ungrammatical forms: interpreting
Discourse 

-Interview, commentaries and conversation are part of: Discourse Analysis

- tell the reader what we are doing in a sentence and help to guide them through our writing. cohesive
devise

-it refers to the meaningful connections that readers or listeners perceive in a written or oral text Coherence

-what are de differences between text analysis and discourse analysis: one focuses on written language and
the other on spoken language

- It refers to the use of linguistic devices to join sentences together, including conjunctions, reference words:
Cohesion

-My father bought a Lincoln convertible. The car driven by the police was red. That color doesn’t suit her. She
consists of three letters. However, a letter isn’t as fast as a telephone call. This is a example of: cohesive
devises
-it is a type of communicative event in which speech is the main component. Speech events 

1. There is enormous variation in what people say and do in different circumstances (debate,
interview, discussion); speaker roles; what is said and how it is said; topic, setting

schema
1. CORRECT: speech events
2. Do not say that which you believe to be false or for which you lack adequate evidence. (quoting
others, rumors, slander, giving advice)
1. the Manner maxim

CORRECT: the Quality maxim

3. In simple terms, English conversation can be described as an activity in which, for the most
part, two or more people ___.
1. the Quantity maxim
2. CORRECT: take turns at speaking

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4. Speakers learn how to participate in conversation.
Conversational exchanges can be viewed as ___ (describes how people normally behave in
conversation).
1. CORRECT: co-operative
5. How do speakers mark completion points at the end of a turn?

1. completion point
2. CORRECT: Speakers can mark completion points by asking a question or by pausing
at the end of a completed syntactic structure such as a phrase or sentence.

interpret (or to be interpreted) and how we accomplish it

6. no information given and has no communicative value

1. discourse

CORRECT: tautology

7. Even when we know something is said or written wrong, we try to figure out what should have
been conveyed, rather than ___.
1. discourse
2. CORRECT: dismiss it
8. Analysis of ___ gives us some insight into how writers structure what they want to say.

1. conversation
2. CORRECT: cohesive ties
3. cohesion
9. What are hedges in discourse?

1. interpret (or to be interpreted) and how we accomplish it

2. CORRECT: Hedges are words or phrases used to indicate that we're not really sure
that what we're saying is sufficiently correct or complete.
10. first described by philosopher Paul Grice; Make your conversational contribution such as is
required, at the stage at which it occurs, by the accepted purpose or direction of the talk
exchange in which you are engaged.; includes the Quantity, Quality, Relation, and Manner
maxims
1. CORRECT: co-operative principle

11. For the most part, participants wait until one speaker indicates that he or she has finished,
usually by signaling a ___.
1. cohesive ties
2. CORRECT: completion point
12. "language beyond the sentence"; study of the language in texts and conversation; looks at
the larger pieces of the puzzle and how they work together
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1. discourse
2. CORRECT: discourse analysis
13. Make your contribution as informative as is required, but not more, or less, than is required.
(foot-in-mouth, know when to shut up so you don't say something you regret, TMI)
1. : the Quality maxim
2. CORRECT: the Quantity maxim

14. er, em, you know

1. CORRECT: filled pauses

15. How is the word "discourse" usually defined?

1. CORRECT: language beyond the sentence

16. a dynamic schema; has a series of conventional actions that take place (going to the dentist,
think "Oh, I've done that before."); fixed actions
1. CORRECT: script
17. an activity in which, for the most part, two or more people take turns speaking

1.
2. CORRECT: conversation
18. a general term for a conventional knowledge structure that exists in memory; comes from
your background knowledge (classroom, supermarket, car dealership); fixed features
1. CORRECT: schema
19. the ties and connections that exist within texts (My father once bought a Lincoln convertible.
He did it by saving every penny he could. --> father-he, Lincoln-it)
1. CORRECT: cohesion (cohesive ties)
20. a concept that exists in people, rather than word structures, where one tries to arrive at an
interpretation that is in line with their experience of the way the world is
1. co-operative
2. CORRECT: coherence

21. We try to analyze how hedges work with ___

(when speakers imply something that isn't said).
1. filled pauses
2. CORRECT: implicatures
22. There are connections that exist within texts called ____. (words with all of the letters
jumbled except the first and last one)

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1. CORRECT: cohesive ties
23. ___ describes a formal way of thinking that uses language.

1. dismiss it
2. CORRECT: Discourse
24. What makes a good listener?

1. speech events
2. CORRECT: head nods, listener feedback, eye contact
25. If you and your communication partner do not share the same assumptions about ___, one
or both may claim to feel "interrupted."
1. CORRECT: turn-taking
26. There are different expectations of conversational style and different strategies of
participation in conversation, which may result in slightly different conventions of ___ (don't
pause at the end of sentences).
1. CORRECT: turn-taking
27. Texts must have a certain structure that depends on factors quite different from those
required in the structure of a single sentence. This is called ___. (Ever find yourself reading a
book or a paper and go, "What did I just read?"; Look at how certain texts flow
newspaper, book, SAT/ACT passages)
1. coherence
2. CORRECT: cohesion
28. makes text semantically meaningful; using deictic expressions, presuppositions, and
implications; fits under the term
1. hedges
2. CORRECT: coherence
29. What makes a bad listener?

1. CORRECT: Too many nods

Too many "uh-huh's"
Proximity of the speaker and the listener
Wandering eyes
negative listener response

30. Which maxims do these speakers seem to be particularly careful about?

a) I may be mistaken, but I thought I saw a wedding ring on his finger.
b) I won't bore you with all the details, but it wasn't a pleasant experience.
1. language beyond the sentence

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2. CORRECT: a) Quality, because the speaker indicates that he or she "may be
mistaken."
b) Quantity, because the speaker is avoiding "all the details."
31. Be clear, brief, and orderly with your message. (avoid obscurity and ambiguity, don't be long-
winded, especially when your message is simple, People that say A LOT in just a few words; all
about how you PRESENT your message, People lose interest
Different than "too much" information, think about how the message is organized)
1. CORRECT: the Manner maxim
32. "everything fitting together well"; helps us distinguish connected texts that make sense from
those that do not
1. cohesive ties
2. CORRECT: coherence
33. One of the most noticeable features of conversational discourse in English is that it is
generally very ___.
1. CORRECT: "co-operative"
34. Our understanding of what we read is not only based on what we see on the page (___), but
also on other things that we have in mind (___) as we go about making sense of discourse.
1. discourse analysis
2. CORRECT: language structures; knowledge structures
35. Modern linguistics are primarily concerned with the ___ aspect (phonetics, morphology,
syntax, semantics, pragmatics).
1. schema
2. CORRECT: grammar
36. helps us to decide if something is well-written or not; use names and precise locations in
one sentence (e.g., Bob, Coach Don, Canada) but then pronouns in subsequent sentences (he,
him, it); antecedent and anaphora
1. CORRECT: cohesive ties
37. language beyond the sentence

1. schema

2. CORRECT: discourse

dismiss it
38. What is the basic difference between cohesion and coherence?

1. interpret (or to be interpreted) and how we accomplish it

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2. CORRECT: Cohesion is the ties and connections that exist within the actual texts,
written or spoken. Coherence is the sense of everything fitting together in the
interpretation of texts.
39. In the study of discourse understanding, what are scripts?

1. CORRECT: Scripts are like dynamic schemas (or knowledge structures) in which a series of
conventional actions takes place.

40. an additional conveyed meaning (Are you coming to the party tonight? I've got an exam
tomorrow.)
1. CORRECT: implicature

41. How do I know it's my turn to speak in a conversation?

1. CORRECT: intonation
pausing
phrasing
42. pre-turn taking, turn-taking (taught as infants)
Only one person speaks at a time
Varies across societies
Rude vs. shy
Some people are just "long-winded"
1. CORRECT: conversation

43. We cannot avoid discourse because of our ___ (even if we don't say anything out loud).

1. CORRECT: social boundaries
44. components of language (the way language is used); how language-users successfully
interpret what other language-users intend to convey; coherent sequences of sentences and
speech acts (locution, illocution, perlocution)
1. dismiss it
2. CORRECT: discourse

schema
45. concerned with the study of language in texts and conversation; how we make sense of
what we read, how we can recognize well-constructed texts as opposed to those that are
jumbled or incoherent, how we understand speakers who communicate more than they say,
and how we successfully take part in that complex activity called conversation
1. discourse
2. CORRECT: discourse analysis
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46. Be relevant. (topic shift, "We weren't even talking about that!", Are you TRYING to change the
subject?, different than giving too much information)
1. the Quantity maxim
2. CORRECT: the Relation maxim
47. It is this effort to ___ and ___ that are the key elements investigated in the study of discourse.

1. head nods, listener feedback, eye contact

2. CORRECT: interpret (or to be interpreted) and how we accomplish it
48. words or phrases used to indicate that we're not really sure that what we're saying is
sufficiently correct or complete (He was kind of cute..., She sort of had long hair., As far as I
know,..., relates to the Quality maxim)
1. CORRECT: hedges

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