30 câu hỏi
Which of the following is a performative utterance?
I confirm that I’ll attend the interview
I’m so excited about the interview
I believe I’ll pass the interview
Which of the following is a constative utterance?
I condemn Jack for killing his comrade
I’m typing some messages to my friend
I warn you not to pick the flowers
Which of the following is a performative verb?
Debate
Love
Bet
Which of the following is a constative verb?
Request
Spit
Order
Which of the following can be the perlocutionary effect of the utterance: “I admit I stole your wallet”
Asserting
Confessing
The hearer is angry
What illocutionary act is performed by the utterance ‘Can I have a salad and a medium rare steak’?
Ordering
Asking
The waiter writes down the meals
Which of the following performs the act of protesting?
People queue in a long line to protest against the new regulations
The company hasn’t increased our salary for five years
Are you satisfied with the pay rate of the company?
Which of the following is a phonic act?
‘You need to say yes when the teacher calls your name’
‘Yes !’
‘You don’t need to say yes when the teacher calls your name’
Choose the correct felicity condition for the act of forgiving:
The speaker has done something wrong to the hearer
The hearer has done something wrong to the speaker
The speaker feels guilty about what he has done
Which of the following is infelicitous?
Father to his son: ‘You should be sorry about your bad behaviors’
Two close friends talking to each other: ‘Can I call you by your first name?’
Teacher to students: ‘You have done a great job’
Which of the following is the direct illocution of the utterance ‘Can I have a chicken rice’?
Ordering
Asking
Advising
Which of the following is the indirect illocution of the utterance: A tour guide introducing about the dinner destination: ‘The Sea World is the best restaurant in town’?
Asserting
Describing
Suggesting
Which of the following shows the act of promising as an indirect illocution?
I’ll be there at 7 a.m
Can you bring me my laptop?
They promise not to break the laws.
Which of the following is a direct directive?
Would you mind turning off the loudspeakers?
Turn left and then go straight ahead
Going to the beach is a good choice for the summer vacation
Which of the following is an indirect commissive?
I’ll be here waiting for your order
I swear to be faithful to our country
I promise not to go anywhere
Decide if the statement is about sentence meaning or utterance meaning: I can’t walk any further because these heels are killing me.
Sentence meaning
Utterance meaning
Which of the following is the directive illocution of the propositional content: You will have a dinner with me tonight
Will you have a dinner with me tonight?
I’m thinking about a dinner at Chez Mary tonight
I’m easy going, any Cantonese restaurant would be perfect
Which of the following is the commissive illocution: A student agrees to submit the assignment within 3 days:
The teacher requires me to submit the assignment within 3 days
I’ll submit the assignment within 3 days
Is it possible to submit the assignment within 3 days?
The statement below is true or false?
We see that for an illocutionary act to be carried out there is no need for either the speaker or the hearer to be referred to.
TRUE
FALSE
Which of the following is a primary illocution indicator?
John
Let’s
Hello
True or False?
Not all entailments are inferences, but all inferences are entailments
TRUE
FALSE
Which of the following is an implicature of ‘Don’t forget to bring your umbrella again’?
The listener always forget his umbrella
It’s not going to rain
The speaker cannot predict the weather
Which of the following is NOT an inference of ‘Martha ate all the fruits on the table’?
There were some fruits on the table
Martha likes eating fruits
Somebody ate the apples on the table
Which of the following is an idiom?
We will swear loyalty to the crown
The pen is mightier than the sword
Cat got your tongue?
Which of the following is a metaphor?
Beauty is only skin deep
He loves giving someone a hand
Laughter is the best medicine
Which of the following is an orientational metaphor?
She will rise to the top
I smell success in this building
There is a weight on my shoulder
Which of the following is an ontological metaphor?
Inflation makes me sick
He’s buried in a sea of paperwork
I’m feeling down
Which of the following use personification?
The assignment is a tall order
People often find ideas in the library
The wind howled in the night
Which of the following is a metonymy?
The cup is a container
The cup is quite tasty
Reading is my cup of tea
Which of the following is a the-part-for-the-whole metonymy?
America doesn’t want to build walls anymore
Money just walked in
We have some new faces in the class