pragmatics language level

Question 1

exophoric referencing

Answer 1

referring to something or understood because of something outside a text or conversation

Question 2

endophoric referencing

Answer 2

Endophoric reference is a linguistic term that refers to the use of language to refer to something within the same text or discourse.

Question 3

intertextuality

Answer 3

Intertextuality is the shaping of a text’s meaning by another text, either through deliberate compositional strategies such as quotation, allusion

Question 4

minimal responses

Answer 4

Minimal responses are those small sounds that you make when someone else is talking to show that you’re listening. Perhaps the Mm-hmm, uh-huh, the interested

Question 5

back channelling

Answer 5

a backchanneling during a conversation occurs when one participant is speaking and another participant interrupt responses to the speaker

Question 6

sarcasm

Answer 6

the use of irony to mock or convey contempt.

Question 7

irony

Answer 7

the expression of one’s meaning by using language that normally signifies the opposite, typically for humorous or emphatic effect.

Question 8

shibboleth

Answer 8

a custom, principle, or belief distinguishing a particular class or group of people, especially a long-standing one regarded as outmoded or no longer important.

Question 9

anachronistic language

Answer 9

language that doesn’t belong to its contemporary time

Question 10

deixis

Answer 10

It refers to a set of expressions whose interpretation depends on the context in which they appear.

Question 11

archaisms

Answer 11

old fashioned