Pragmatics MCQs

50 Score: 0 Attempted: 0/50 Subscribe
1. What is pragmatics?





2. Which of the following focuses on how language is used in real communication?





3. Deixis refers to:





4. Which is an example of personal deixis?





5. Temporal deixis refers to:





6. “Tomorrow” is an example of:





7. Spatial deixis refers to:





8. Which is a spatial deixis word?





9. What are speech acts?





10. Saying “I apologize” is an example of which type of speech act?





11. Who introduced the concept of speech acts?





12. Which term did J.L. Austin coin for sentences that do actions by being spoken?





13. “I now pronounce you husband and wife” is a:





14. Searle classified speech acts into:





15. Which of the following is a directive speech act?





16. Illocutionary act refers to:





17. Locutionary act refers to:





18. Perlocutionary act refers to:





19. “Can you pass the salt?” as a request is an example of:





20. What does Grice’s Cooperative Principle explain?





21. How many maxims did Grice propose?





22. The maxim of quantity states:





23. The maxim of quality refers to:





24. The maxim of relation means:





25. The maxim of manner refers to:





26. Flouting a maxim means:





27. Conversational implicature arises when:





28. “It’s cold here” meaning “Please close the window” is an example of:





29. Politeness theory in pragmatics is mainly associated with:





30. Face-threatening acts are:





31. Positive politeness strategy aims to:





32. Negative politeness strategy focuses on:





33. What does presupposition in pragmatics refer to?





34. “Have you stopped smoking?” presupposes that:





35. Context in pragmatics includes:





36. Which of the following is NOT a pragmatic phenomenon?





37. The utterance “I promise I will help you” is an example of:





38. In pragmatics, “How are you?” as a greeting rather than a genuine question is an example of:





39. Which type of context determines meaning through previous discourse?





40. “Can you hear me?” used to check audio is:





41. Pragmatic competence means:





42. Turn-taking in conversation is studied under:





43. “Would you mind opening the door?” is an example of:





44. Which is an example of a presupposition trigger?





45. Which best describes deixis?





46. Pragmatics mainly differs from semantics because it:





47. Which speech act category includes giving an order?





48. “Congratulations!” is an example of:





49. When someone says “It’s late” meaning “We should leave,” this is:





50. Pragmatics is a subfield of:





 1. Foundations of Linguistic Anthropology MCQs

2. Language Structure MCQs

3. Language Acquisition and Socialization MCQs

4. Language, Culture, and Thought MCQs

5. Sociolinguistics in Anthropology MCQs

6. Discourse and Performance MCQs

7. Historical and Comparative Linguistics MCQs

8. Writing Systems and Literacy MCQs

9. Language and Power MCQs

10. Applied Linguistic Anthropology MCQs