LING1901

Question 1

Locution

Answer 1

Actual form of utterance

Question 2

Illocution

Answer 2

Communicative force of utterance (what was intended by the speaker)

Question 3

Perlocution

Answer 3

Communicative effect of utterance (what the hearer interprets as the meaning intended by that utterance)

Question 4

Performative

Answer 4

No truth value, but performs actions whose successful completion rests on felicity conditions. (Assertives, Directives, Expressives)

Question 5

Directives (Requests)

Answer 5

(Felicity Condition). Hearer is able to complete that act but it is not obvious that the Hearer will do so in the normal course of events of its own accord.

Question 6

Adjacencey Pair

Answer 6

A specific type of utterance by Speaker A, followed by a specific type of utterance of Speaker B

Question 7

Turn-Taking

Answer 7

How the speakers share the conversational floor

Question 8

Politeness

Answer 8

Using language in a socially appropriate way

Question 9

Face

Answer 9

The desire people have to protect their own self image in communicative events with others

Question 10

Positive Face

Answer 10

Positive consistent self-image: the desire that this positive self-image by appreciated and approved of by interactants

Question 11

Negative Face

Answer 11

Basic claim to territories, personal space, rights to non-distraction, freedom of action and freedom from imposition

Question 12

Successful Communication

Answer 12

Ability to draw inferences about meaning

Question 13

Plucentric Language

Answer 13

Difference varieties of English

Question 14

Lingua Franca

Answer 14

The most studied foreign language

Question 15

Phonetis

Answer 15

How air stream coming from the lungs is modulated and given its meaning shape by the lips, tongue, teeth

Question 16

Lexical Variation

Answer 16

Word Choice, including idioms.

Question 17

Morphology

Answer 17

Word Structure

Question 18

Syntax

Answer 18

Forming of constitutions and sentences

Question 19

Pragmatics

Answer 19

language in the context of use

Question 20

ENL

Answer 20

Mother tongue or Native Language

Question 21

ESL

Answer 21

English as a Second Language (Internal function)

Question 22

EFL

Answer 22

English as a Foreign Language (no internal function)

Question 23

Diglossia

Answer 23

Occurs in multilingual societies in which different languages have differing functions

Question 24

Pragmatic Coherence

Answer 24

Speakers sue contextualisation cues to make words uttered meaningful within the situation and contextual context. Coherence is created in the mind of the Speakers and Hearers by making inferences from the utterances.

Question 25

Grices Maxims

Answer 25

Quality Quantity Relation Manner

Question 26

Hofstedes 5 Dimensions of Cultural Differences

Answer 26

1. Power Distance 2. Uncertainty avoidance 3. Femininity/Masculinity 4. Individualism/Collectivism 5. Long term/Short term orientation

Question 27

Power

Answer 27

Degree to which Speaker can impose his own plans and his own self evaluation at the expense of the Hearers self evaluation

Question 28

Pronouns

Answer 28

Anaphoric devices creating cohesion with grammatical structure

Question 29

Culture

Answer 29

An embodiment of all that constitutes societal norms and expectations for particular membership groups

Question 30

Language

Answer 30

A tool that provides a unified form of expression, accessible by many

Question 31

Language Shift

Answer 31

Shifting of minority language speakers to major language speakers

Question 32

Language loss

Answer 32

speakers of minority languages pass away

Question 33

Languages death

Answer 33

No linguistic data can be collected