The Power of Pragmatics
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When did the American tourists visit the Scottish town?

  • In the late 1740s
  • In the 1960s (correct)
  • During the late 1960s
  • During the Second World War
  • What did the American tourists initially think the small boy was referring to when he mentioned 'the war'?

  • The Second World War (correct)
  • The Scottish War of Independence
  • The American Civil War
  • The war with the English
  • Why did the American tourists think the ruins had been in a dilapidated state for much longer than 20 years?

  • The appearance of the ruins (correct)
  • The location of the ruins
  • The age of the tourists
  • The boy's response
  • When did the war with the English, mentioned by the small boy, formally end?

    <p>In the late 1740s</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What aspect of meaning depends more on context and the communicative intentions of speakers?

    <p>Pragmatics</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What did the American tourists ask the small boy when they saw him in the ruins of the cathedral?

    <p>When the cathedral had been so badly damaged?</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What was the small boy's reply when the American tourists asked him when the cathedral had been damaged?

    <p>In the war.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What did the American tourists think the small boy was referring to when he mentioned 'the war'?

    <p>The Second World War.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    When did the American tourists eventually discover that the war mentioned by the small boy had formally ended?

    <ol start="1745"> <li></li> </ol> Signup and view all the answers

    What did the ruins of the cathedral look like to the American tourists?

    <p>Dilapidated.</p> Signup and view all the answers

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