38. Turn-taking is a:
e. Term for conducting orderly conversation. L5
f. Term for correcting mistakes in conversation.
g. A term for explaining the purpose of conversation.
h. A term for interrupting conversation.
39. "The context" of discourse is:
e. The type of discourse
f. The meaning of discourse
g. The situation of discourse L1
h. The organization of discourse
40. The term "form" in discourse analysis refers to:
e. The suffixes produced or uttered.
f. The morphemes produced or uttered.
g. The sounds produced or uttered
h. The sentences produced or uttered. L1
41. "Greetings" is an example of:
e. Expressive function.
f. Poetic function
g. Metalingual function
h. Phatic commsecured function. L2
42. Which of the following is a feature of writing?
e. Every one learns how to write.
f. Writers use simple sentences connected by lots of "ands" and "buts"
g. Writing can only be learnt by teaching. L3
h. Everyone learns to write and read.
43. Which of the following is not a feature of speech?
e. informal and repetitive.
f. Acquired naturally without teaching.
g. Formal and compact. L3
h. Spontaneous and unplanned.
44. The expressive function is usually expressed by:
e. Declarative sentence.
f. Imperative sentence.
g. Interrogative sentence
h. Exclamatory sentence. L4
45. The sentence " What a nice weather we have today!" expresses:
e. An informative function.
f. A ceremonial function.
g. An expressive function. L4
h. A directive function.
46. " hereby name this ship Princess Diana" is a:
e. An expressive function.
f. A ceremonial function. L4
g. An informative function.
h. A directive function.
47. An Imperative sentence can express the:
e. The directive function only.
f. The informative function only.
g. The expressive function only.
h. The directive, the informative and the expressive function. L4
48. The adjacency pair A: "Can you be quite?" B: "Yes, sure" is:
e. offer/accept
f. complaint/denial
g. challenge/rejection
h. request/grant L5
49. In conversational analysis, the expression " you over there" is an example of:
e. A major sentence.
f. An interrogative sentence.
g. A minor sentence. L5
h. An ambiguous sentence.
50. The expression "let's see" in conversational analysis is:
e. An exclamatory sentence.
f. An eco-utterance
g. A discourse marker
h. An editing term. L5