Islamabad Model College for Boys, F-10/4, Islamabad
BS English
ELL-103: Introduction to Language Studies
Pragmatics
Choose the correct option.
It is a hard task. The underlined part is:
- Temporal Deixis
- Spatial Deixis
- Person Deixis
- Anaphora
The expression, “Get out of here”, is:
- Face saving Act
- Face threatening act
- Polite
- Indirect speech
The expression, “Will you pass me the salad please”, is:
- Face threatening act
- Face saving act
- Deictic expression
- Indirect speech
The expression, “You left the window open”, is:
- Face Threatening act
- Direct speech act
- Indirect speech act
- Indirect Speech
The expression, “You'll be served shortly”, is:
- Direct Speech act
- Indirect Speech act
- Face Threatening act
- Anaphora
The expression, “Give me that paper now”, is:
- Face Saving act
- Indirect Speech
- Deictic Expression
- Request
The batsman hit the ball hard but he was caught out. The underlined part is:
- Anaphora
- Antecedent
- Person Deixis
- Spatial Deixis
He went yesterday. The underlined part is:
- Person Deixis
- Spatial Deixis
- Temporal Deixis
- Co-text
The batsman hit the ball hard but he was caught out. The underlined part is:
- Anaphora
- Antecedent
- Temporal Deixis
- Spatial Deixis
He went yesterday. The underlined part is:
- Person Deixis
- Spatial Deixis
- Temporal Deixis
- Co-text
He is sitting here. The underlined part is:
- Person Deixis
- Spatial Deixis
- Temporal Deixis
- Co-text
He is standing at the bank of a river. The underlined part which helps in understanding the meaning of the word 'bank' is:
- Person Deixis
- Spatial Deixis
- Physical Context
- Linguistic Context
