30 Questions
In the sentence 'TODAY, I really enjoyed THIS city' the deictics refer to:
Time, person, and space
Which speech act can be classified as indirect?
I respectfully request that you deliver our order by next week
Which sentence can be classified as an implicit performative?
I will come to the meeting tomorrow
What does the statement 'My uncle went bankrupt last year' illustrate in terms of prepositional content?
It conveys different propositional content based on the identity of the speaker
According to John Searle’s taxonomy, the sentence 'I’m not happy with the service I received at this restaurant' is classified as:
Expressive
Is the utterance 'Have you considered trying this approach.' a direct or indirect speech act?
Indirect
What is the main function of a multimodal text?
Conveying information about reality, engaging the attention of the receiver, and structuring coherent compositions of forms
Which direction of fit is associated with 'declarations' in John Searl's classification?
Words-to-world
What triggers the presupposition in the utterance 'I was happy when we were in Milan'?
Time clauses with past reference
What speech act does the statement 'I’m pleased to see you accomplishing this' represent?
Praising
What is the main deictic found in the utterance 'Yesterday, our boss received a letter from you'?
Time deixis
According to Grice’s maxims, what maxim is being opted out in the given exchange?
Maxim of quantity
What is the direction of fit associated with 'commissives' in John Searl’s classification?
World-to-words
What are the main 7 semiotic forms of multimodality as mentioned in the text?
Written form of language, spoken form of language, images, body, space, objects, and sound
Define the term 'deictics' in the sentence 'TODAY, I really enjoyed THIS city'.
Time, person, and space deixis
Classify the speech act 'Will you please close the deal as soon as possible.' as direct or indirect.
Indirect
Identify the explicit performative from the following sentences: A. I sentence you to ten months of prison, B. I apologise for being late.
A. I sentence you to ten months of prison
Explain the concept of prepositional content in the sentence 'My uncle went bankrupt last year'.
The same sentence may convey different propositional content depending on the identity of the speaker.
Classify the following statement according to John Searle’s taxonomy: 'I’m not happy with the service I received at this restaurant.' Is it a direct or indirect speech act?
Direct expressive
Decide if the utterance 'Have you considered trying this approach.' is a direct or an indirect speech act. Then classify it according to John Searle’s taxonomy.
It is an indirect speech act and falls under the category of indirect directive in John Searle’s taxonomy.
What maxim is being opted out in the given exchange?
The maxim of quantity
What triggers the presupposition in the utterance 'I was happy when we were in Milan'?
Time clauses with past reference
Mention and describe the deictics found in the utterance 'YESTERDAY, our BOSS received a letter from YOU'.
Time, social, and person deixis
What are the functions of a multimodal text? Name all three of them.
Reference function, agency function, structure function
What kind of multimodal forms are found in AIRB&B reviews?
Not specified in the given text
Give an example of the observation of the quantity maxim in the AIRB&B webpage.
AIRB&B corrects the amount of disclosure of information and adjusts the length of a message when a guest sends an inquiry to a host.
What are the main 7 semiotic forms of multimodality?
Written form of the language, spoken form of the language, images, body, space, objects, and sound
The use of hyperlinks in the webportal AIRB&B is related to what maxim in particular?
Relevance
What is the direction of fit of 'declarations' according to John Searle’s classification?
Words-to-world and world-to-words
What is the direction of fit for directive speech act?
The world will match the words via the addressee
Test your knowledge of deictics and speech acts with this quiz. Define and classify deictics in sentences, and identify direct and indirect speech acts. Classify sentences as explicit or implicit performatives.
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