SEMANTICS AND PRAGMATICS

FINAL TEST

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ENGLISH DEPARTMENT

TEACHER TRAINING AND EDUCATION FACULTY

UNIVERSITY OF SULTAN AGENG TIRTAYASA

2018
Instructions

1. Assignment to be submitted should be in hand writing.

2. You have until Wednesday, May 30th 2018 to complete the assignment.
3. Your answer should be supported by some experts’ opinions and concrete
examples (i.e. novel, film, etc or your own experiences.) if possible.
4. NO LATE ASSIGMENTS WILL BE ACCEPTED for any reason except
special circumstances (e.g. personal health issue with documented medical
emergency).
5. DO NOT CHEAT OR COMMIT PLAGIARISM, otherwise you will receive
the degree of incomplete and possible failure of the subject.
YOU MUST USE YOUR OWN WORDING.

Questions

1. What is Pragmatics (also explain about scope and benefits of studying this
subject)?

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2. What do you understand about speech act? Explain as clearly as possible and give
some examples.

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Give an example of Direct-Literal Speech Act.

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Give an example of Direct-Non Literal Speech Act.

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Give an example of Indirect-Literal Speech Act.

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Give an example of Indirect-Non Literal Speech Act.

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3. Grice (1975) proposed that an utterance can imply a proposition that is not part of
the utterance nor does follow as a necessary consequence. He called such implied
statement implicature. Furthermore, implicature may also arise when someone
violates cooperative principles in conversation.
Explain comprehensively examples of this cooperative principle violation and
motivation (implicature) of the speaker in doing so.

Give an example of Quantity Maxim Violation

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What is the implicature:

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Give an example of Quality Maxim Violation

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What is the implicature:

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Give an example of Relevance Maxim Violation

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What is the implicature:

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Give an example of Manner Maxim Violation

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What is the implicature:

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4. As a proverb says: “speak politely, then people will respect you”. What would
you say if you were in the following situations?
4.1 You are a doctor. One of your regular patients, who is a bricklayer, asks you to
give a particular type of pain-killer which you are not allowed to prescribe
without special authorization. You do not think his condition justifies the use of
this drug. You say to the patient:

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4.2 You are a policeman. A young man you have stopped for dangerous driving asks
you to let him off because he will lose his job if you don’t. You believe that the
law must always be respected. You say to the young man:

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4.3 You are a student. Your close friend wants to borrow your Oxford Dictionary for
a month because he plans to attend a short English program. You are using the
dictionary at the moment because you are finishing your assignment about
phonetic notation and must be submitted on time. You say to your friend:

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