Chapter 6 Supplementary Exercises.doc

《Chapter 6 Supplementary Exercises.doc》由会员上传分享，免费在线阅读，更多相关内容在行业资料-天天文库。

1、SupplementaryExercisesChapter6：PragmaticsI.DecidewhethereachofthefollowingstatementsisTrueorFalse:1.Bothsemanticsandpragmaticsstudyhowspeakersofalanguageusesentencestoeffectsuccessfulcommunication2.Pragmaticstreatsthemeaningoflanguageassomethingintrinsicandinherent.3.

2、Itwouldbeimpossibletogiveanadequatedescriptionofmeaningifthecontextoflanguageusewasleftunconsidered.4.Whatessentiallydistinguishessemanticsandpragmaticsiswhetherinthestudyofmeaningthecontextofuseisconsidered.5.Themajordifferencebetweenasentenceandanutteranceisthatasen

3、tenceisnotutteredwhileanutteranceis.6.Themeaningofasentenceisabstract,butcontext-dependent.7.Themeaningofanutteranceisdecontexualized,thereforestable.8.Utterancesalwaystaketheformofcompletesentences9.SpeechacttheorywasoriginatedwiththeBritishphilosopherJohnSearle.10.S

4、peechacttheorystartedinthelate50’softhe20thcentury.11.Austinmadethedistinctionbetweenaconstativeandaperformative.12.Perlocutionaryactistheactofexpressingthespeaker’sintention.II.Fillineachblankbelowwithonewordwhichbeginswiththelettergiven:13.P_________isthestudyofhows

5、peakersofalanguageusesentencestoeffectsuccessfulcommunication.14.Whatessentiallydistinguishess_______andpragmaticsiswhetherinthestudyofmeaningthecontextofuseisconsidered.15.Thenotionofc_________isessentialtothepragmaticstudyoflanguage.16.Ifwethinkofasentenceaswhatpeop

6、leactuallyutterinthecourseofcommunication,itbecomesanu___________.17.Themeaningofasentenceisa_______,anddecontexualized.18.C________werestatementsthateitherstateordescribe,andwerethusverifiable.19.P________weresentencesthatdidnotstateafactordescribeastate,andwerenotve

7、rifiable.20.Al_________actistheactofutteringwords,phrases,clauses.Itistheactofconveyingliteralmeaningbymeansofsyntax,lexiconandphonology.21.Ani__________actistheactofexpressingthespeaker’sintention;itistheactperformedinsayingsomething.22.Ac_________iscommitthespeakerh

8、imselftosomefuturecourseofaction.23.Ane________istoexpressfeelingsorattitudetowardsanexistingstate.24.Therearefourmaximsunde