17. If, as chair of a department, I opened a meeting with" This meeting is very important" then I have created:
e. Activity.
f. Politics.
g. Relationships.
h. Significance. L9
18. From a sociological viewpoint, one main function of language is:
e. Supporting the performance of accurate vocabulary usage.
f. Supporting the performance of accurate sentence usage.
g. Supporting the performance of social activities and identities. L9
h. Supporting the performance of accurate and fluent speech.
19. Discourse with a big D studies:
e. The role of language in creating identities and activities.
f. The role of speaker's actions in creating identities and activities.
g. The role of language and other stuff in creating identities and activities. L10
h. The role of the speaker's vocabulary use in creating identities.
20. President Abdunnasir's use of Shakespeare's famous words "to be or not to be" is an example of:
e. Textuality.
f. Intra-textuality
g. Multi-textuality
h. Intertextually L10
21. The term debates on themes such as the "environment" and "effect of smoking" are referred to as:
e. Conversation with a small c.
f. Conversation with a big C. L10
g. Conversation with a small d.
h. Conversation with a big D.
22. In discourse analysis, the term "recognition" refers to recognizing:
d. Who you are
e. What you are doing
f. Who you are and what you are doing L11
23. A participant in discourse is best referred to as the:
e. The who. L11
f. The what
g. The who-doing-what
h. The whom-doing-what
24. This is what I call "....". People engage in such work when they try to make visible to others and to themselves who they are and what they are doing:
e. Unreal work.
f. Real work.
g. Recognition work. L14
h. Unfamiliar work.
25. The choice of the word is .............important in discourse analysis:
a. Rarely.
b. Always. L1
c. Never ever
d. Seldom
26. Humans can change their identities via changing:
e. The way they speak. L9
f. The color of their eyes.
g. The color of their hair.
h. The place where they stand.