Alfanuari 19019002

Basic Semantics and Pragmatics

Week 16

Quiz

1. “Your skin is softer than silk” is the example of which figurative language?
a. Hyperbole
b. Idiom
c. Irony
d. Metaphor

2. An expression in language used to change some words that maybe hurt other who is
listening expression is the definition of?
a. Implicate
b. Modality
c. Euphemism
d. Deixsis

3. A figure of speech that describes an object or action in a way that isn’t literally true is the
definition of?
a. Euphemisms
b. Metaphor
c. Figurative language
d. Acronym

4. The word which is a combination of letters or syllables that

is written and pronounced as acceptable word is the definition of?
a. Euphemisms
b. Metaphor
c. Figurative language
d. Acronym

5. A cover term for devices which allow speakers to express varying degrees of
commitment to, or belief in, a proposition, is the definition of?
a. Implicature
b. Modality
c. Euphemism
d. Deixsis
6. Commonly construed as an act in which a speaker, or writer, uses linguistic forms to
enable a listener, or reader, to identify something is the definition of?
a. Reference
b. Deixis
c. Modality
d. Figurative language

7. A branch of linguistics, namely Pragmatics, the word deixis comes from the Greek word
Deiktitos which means "thing of direct appointment" is the definition of?
a. Reference
b. Deixis
c. Modality
d. Figurative language

8. One of the ways that one proposition can be conveyed by a speaker uttering is the
definition of?
a. Implicature
b. Modality
c. Euphemism
d. Deixsis