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1、chapter6pragmaticsChapter 6：PragmaticsI. Decide whether each of the following statements is True or False: 1. Both semantics and pragmatics study how speakers of a language use sentences to effect successful communication2. Pragmatics treats the meaning of language as something intrinsic and inheren

2、t. 3. It would be impossible to give an adequate description of meaning if the context of language use was left unconsidered. 4. What essentially distinguishes semantics and pragmatics is whether in the study of meaning the context of use is considered. 5. The major difference between a sentence and

3、 an utterance is that a sentence is not uttered while an utterance is. 6. The meaning of a sentence is abstract, but context-dependent. 7. The meaning of an utterance is decontexualized, therefore stable. 8. Utterances always take the form of complete sentences 9. Speech act theory was originated wi

4、th the British philosopher John Searle. 10. Speech act theory started in the late 50s of the 20th century. 11. Austin made the distinction between a constative and a performative. 12. Perlocutionary act is the act of expressing the speakers intention. II. Fill in each blank below with one word which

5、 begins with the letter given: 13. P_ is the study of how speakers of a language use sentences to effect successful communication.14. What essentially distinguishes s_ and pragmatics is whether in the study of meaning the context of use is considered. 15. The notion of c_ is essential to the pragmat

6、ic study of language. 16. If we think of a sentence as what people actually utter in the course of communication, it becomes an u_. 17. The meaning of a sentence is a_, and decontextualized. 18. C_ were statements that either state or describe, and were thus verifiable. 19. P_ were sentences that di

7、d not state a fact or describe a state, and were not verifiable. 20. A l_ act is the act of uttering words, phrases, clauses. It is the act of conveying literal meaning by means of syntax, lexicon and phonology. 21. An i_ act is the act of expressing the speakers intention; it is the act performed i

8、n saying something. 22. A c_ is commit the speaker himself to some future course of action. 23. An e_ is to express feelings or attitude towards an existing state. 24. There are four maxims under the cooperative principle: the maxim of q_, the maxim of quality, the maxim of relation and the maxim of

9、 manner. III. There are four choices following each statement. Mark the choice that can best complete the statement: 25. _ does not study meaning in isolation, but in context. A. Pragmatics B. Semantics C. Sense relation D. Concept 26. The meaning of language was considered as something _ in traditi

10、onal semantics. A. contextual B. behaviouristic C. intrinsic D. logical 27. What essentially distinguishes semantics and pragmatics is whether in the study of meaning _ is considered. A. reference B. speech act C. practical usage D. context 28. A sentence is a _ concept, and the meaning of a sentenc

11、e is often studied in isolation. A. pragmatic B. grammatical C. mental D. conceptual 29. If we think of a sentence as what people actually utter in the course of communication, it becomes a(n) _. A. constative B. directive C. utterance D. expressive 30. Which of the following is true ? A. Utterances

12、 usually do not take the form of sentences. B. Some utterances cannot be restored to complete sentences. C. No utterances can take the form of sentences. D. All utterances can be restored to complete sentences. 31. Speech act theory did not come into being until _. A. in the late 50s of the 20the ce

13、ntury B. in the early 1950s C. in the late 1960s D. in the early 21st century. 32. _ is the act performed by or resulting from saying something; it is the consequence of, or the change brought about by the utterance. A. A locutionary act B. An illocutionary act C. A perlocutionary act D. A performat

14、ive act 33. According to Searle, the illocutionary point of the representative is _. A. to get the hearer to do something B. to commit the speaker to somethings being the case C. to commit the speaker to some future course of action D. to express the feelings or attitude towards an existing state of

15、 affairs. 34. All the acts that belong to the same category share the same purpose, but they differ _. A. in their illocutionary acts B. in their intentions expressed C. in their strength or force D. in their effect brought about 35. _ is advanced by Paul Grice A. Cooperative Principle B. Politeness

16、 Principle C. The General Principle of Universal Grammar D. Adjacency Principle 36. When any of the maxims under the cooperative principle is flouted, _ might arise. A. impoliteness B. contradictions C. mutual understanding D. conversational implicatures IV. Define the terms below: 37. pragmatics 38

17、. context 39. utterance meaning 40. sentence meaning 41. constative 42. performative 43. locutionary act 44. illocutionary act 45. perlocutionary act 46. Cooperative PrincipleV. Answer the following questions as comprehensively as possible. Give examples for illustration if necessary: 47. How are se

18、mantics and pragmatics different from each other ? 48. How does a sentence differ from an utterance ? 49. How does a sentence meaning differ from an utterance meaning? 50. Discuss in detail the locutionary act, illocutionary act and perlocutionary act. 51. Searle classified illocutionary act into fi

19、ve categories. Discuss each of them in detail with examples. 52. What are the four maxims under the cooperative principle ? 53. How does the flouting of the maxims give rise to conversational implicatures ? 54. Which of the Conversational Maxims is beig violated in the following conversation.A: Is h

20、e a good teacher?B: He is a very handsome bachelor.55. What are the sameness and the difference between the following five utterances?(1)Will John leave the room? (2) John will leave the room.(3) John, leave the room. (4) Would that John left the room?(5) If John leaves the room, I will leave also.C

21、hapter 6 Pragmatics I. Decide whether each of the following statements is True or False: l. F 2. F 3.T 4.T 5.F 6.F 7.F 8.F 9.F 10.T 11.T 12.F II. Fill in each blank below with one word which begins with the letter given: 13. Pragmatics 14. semantics 15. context 16. utterance 17. abstract 18.Constati

22、ves 19. Performatives 20. locutionary 21. illocutionary 22. commissive 23. expressive 24. quantity III. There are four choices following each statement. Mark the choice that can best complete the statement: 25. A 26.C 27.D 28.B 29.C 30.B 31.A 32.C 33.B 34.C 35. A 36.D IV. Define the terms below: 37.

23、 pragmatics: Pragmatics can be defined as the study of how speakers of a language use sentences to effect successful communication. 38. Context: Generally speaking, it consists of the knowledge that is shared by the speak-er and the hearer. The shared knowledge is of two types: the knowledge of the

24、language they use, and the knowledge about the world, including the general knowledge about the world and the specific knowledge about the situ-ation in which linguistic communication is taking place. 39. utterance meaning: the meaning of an utterance is concrete, and context-dependent. Utterance is

25、 based on sentence meaning; it is realization of the abstract meaning of a sentence in a real situation of communication, or simply in a context. 40. sentence meaning: The meaning of a sentence is of-ten considered as the abstract, intrinsic property of the sentence itself in terms of a predication.

26、 41. Constative: Constatives were statements that either state or describe, and were verifi-able ; 42. Performative: performatives, on the other hand, were sentences that did not state a fact or describe a state, and were not verifiable. Their function is to perform a particular speech act. 43. locu

27、tionary act: A locutionary act is the act of uttering words, phrases, clauses. It is the act of conveying literal meaning by means of syntax, lexicon and phonol-ogy. 44. illocutionary act: An illocutionary act is the act of expressing the speakers intention; it is the act performed in saying somethi

28、ng. 45. perlocutionary act: A perlocutionary act is the act per-formed by or resulting from saying something; it is the consequence of, or the change brought about by the utterance; it is the act performed by saying something.46. Cooperative Principle: It is principle advanced by Paul Grice. It is a

29、 principle that guides our conversational behaviours. The content is : Make your conversational contribution such as is required at the stage at which it occurs by the accepted purpose or the talk exchange in which you are engaged. V. Answer the following questions as comprehensively as possible. Gi

30、ve examples for illustration if necessary: 47. How are semantics and pragmatics different from each other ? Traditional semantics studied meaning, but the meaning of language was considered as something intrinsic, and inherent, i.e. a property attached to language itself. Therefore, meanings of words, meanings of sentences were all studied in an isolated manner, detached from the context in which they were used. Pragmatics studies meaning not in isolation, but in context. The essential distinction between se