midterms

Question 1

1. Which type of deixis refers to expressions that indicate location?
   a) Person deixis
   b) Temporal deixis
   c) Spatial deixis
   d) Social deixis

Answer 1

C. Spatial

Question 2

Who proposed the Speech Act Theory?
a) Noam Chomsky
b) John Searle
c) John Langshaw Austin
d) Ferdinand de Saussure

Answer 2

C. Langshaw

Question 3

Which speech act is concerned with the intention of an utterance?
a) Locutionary act
b) Illocutionary act
c) Perlocutionary act

Answer 3

B. Illocutionary

Question 4

Chimpanzee closest to being talking ape
A. Viki
B. Wahsoe
C. Kanzi
D. Koko

Answer 4

A. Viki

Question 5

psychologist monkey 250 signs
A. Viki
B. Wahsoe
C. Kanzi
D. Koko

Answer 5

B. washoe

Question 6

computer skill monkey
A. Viki
B. Wahsoe
C. Kanzi
D. Koko

Answer 6

C. Kanzi

Question 7

gorilla, modified form asl

Answer 7

KOKO

Question 8

Who introduced the Cooperative Principle in communication?
a) Noam Chomsky
b) John Searle
c) H. Paul Grice

Answer 8

C. Paul Grice

Question 9

Which maxim requires a speaker to provide just the right amount of information—neither too much nor too little?
a) Maxim of Quantity
b) Maxim of Quality
c) Maxim of Manner
d) Maxim of Relevance

Answer 9

A. Quantity

Question 10

Who identified the features of human language?
a) Noam Chomsky
b) Charles Hockett
c) Ferdinand de Saussure

Answer 10

B. Charles Hockett

Question 11

Which feature of human language allows small units of sound to combine into meaningful words and sentences?
a) Productivity
b) Discreteness
c) Duality of Patterning

Answer 11

c) Duality of Patterning

Question 12

Which function of human language is essential for the continuation of cultural knowledge and traditions?
a) Reflexivity
b) Cultural Transmission

Answer 12

B. Cultural

Question 13

Who proposed the seven functions of language?
a) Noam Chomsky
b) Ferdinand de Saussure
c) Michael Halliday

Answer 13

Halliday functions

Question 14

Which function of language is used to express personal emotions and opinions?
a) Heuristic
b) Instrumental
c) Personal

Answer 14

C. Personal

Question 15

What are the three types of speech acts?
○ a) Performative, Declarative, Expressive
○ b) Locutionary, Illocutionary, Perlocutionary
○ c) Direct, Indirect, Commissive
○ d) Assertive, Directive, Expressive
○ Answer: b) Locutionary, Illocutionary, Perlocutionar

Answer 15

B.

Question 16

The heuristic function of language is primarily used for:
a) Persuading others
b) Expressing emotions
c) Asking questions and discovering new information

Answer 16

C.

Question 17

The maxim of relevance requires speakers to:
a) Speak truthfully
b) Be brief, clear, and orderly

Answer 17

B.

Question 18

What is implicature in pragmatics?
○ a) A literal meaning derived from a sentence
○ b) The hidden or implied meaning beyond what is explicitly stated
○ c) A type of grammatical structure

Answer 18

B. hidden

Question 19

Which of the following is an example of lexical ambiguity?
○ a) “I saw the man with the pants.”
○ b) “Break a leg!”
○ c) “I saw her duck in the park.”

Answer 19

C. Duck

Question 20

Which of the following is an example of syntactic ambiguity?
○ a) “It’s quite cold, ain’t it?”
○ b) “Beats me, I don’t know.”
○ c) “Kenneth found a bat.”
○ d) “The mother hit her son who was drunk.

Answer 20

D

Question 21

Why do people often use indirect speech acts instead of direct ones?
○ a) To confuse the listener
○ b) To make their speech more formal
○ c) To be more polite or gentle in communicatio

Answer 21

C. polite

Question 22

What is the main purpose of the regulatory function of language?
○ a) To control the behavior of others
○ b) To ask questions and seek information

Answer 22

A. to control

Question 23

Which of the following is an example of the interactional function of
language?
○ a) “I need some water.”
○ b) “Nice to meet you! How are you?”
○ c) “Once upon a time, in a faraway land…”

Answer 23

C.

Question 24

What is pragmatics primarily concerned with?
○ a) The literal meanings of words in isolation
○ b) The study of syntax and sentence structure
○ c) The meaning of words in context and speaker assumptions

Answer 24

C. meaning in context

Question 25

Which of the following is an example of legitimate animal communication? ○ a) A parrot understanding and forming new sentences ○ b) A bee performing a "waggle dance"

Answer 25

B

Question 26

Why is the communication system of apes, such as the use of sign language, not considered a full human language? ○ a) Apes do have vocal cords ○ b) They lack the ability to create infinite new sentences using grammar rules

Answer 26

B. Lack

Question 27

Which speech act category does the utterance ‘In sickness and in health till death…’ belong to? ○ a) Verdictives ○ b) Expressives ○ c) Declaratives ○ d) Commissives ○

Answer 27

D. commisives

Question 28

A writer expresses their thoughts and emotions, even though no one else is reading it. Which function of language allows the speaker to use language as a tool for internal expression? ○ a) Interactional Function ○ b) Ideational Function ○ c) Interpersonal Functio n

Answer 28

B. Ideational function

Question 29

An essayist writes about a character’s emotions, thoughts, and imagined worlds, conveying hypothetical situations. Which feature of human language enables this ability? ○ a) Arbitrariness ○ b) Semanticity ○ c) Reflexivity ○ d) Prevarication ○

Answer 29

Answer: d) Prevarication

Question 30

During a pragmatics class, a professor explains the meaning of words using language itself. Which feature of human language allows us to use language to describe language? ○ a) Arbitrariness ○ b) Semanticity ○ c) Reflexivity ○ d) Prevarication

Answer 30

C. Reflexivity