Semantics and Pragmatics .. Homework 3
1. ‘I promise to stop doing that.’ What is the type of the speech act in this utterance?
a. constative
b. explicit performative
c. implicit performative
d. neither constative nor performative
2. What is the speech act that is not always intended by the speaker?
a. locutionary act
b. illocutionary act
c. perlocutionary act
d. commissive act
3. ‘I swear to be there promptly.’ What is the type of illocution in this utterance?
a. direct directive illocution
b. indirect directive illocution
c. direct commissive illocution
d. indirect commissive illocution
4. If a speaker is NOT being ‘truthful’ when engaged in a conversation, which Maxim of Grice is he violating?
a. The Maxim of Quantity
b. The Maxim of Quality
c. The Maxim of Relation
d. The Maxim of Manner
Good Luck all 
التعديل الأخير تم بواسطة susanّ ♥ ; 2012- 11- 28 الساعة 06:25 PM
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