Initiation Activity TEODORO ABEGAIL G.

An individual can use language in a variety of ways and for different purposes. For each
utterance, discuss: In what context might a speaker say it? What might be the nature of the
relationship between speaker and listener? In what context might it be inappropriate to say it?

Utterance Context Nature of the Inappropriate

relationship between context to say it
speaker and listener
1. Do you think When the speaker is Friends When used as
it’s cold here? doubting what he/she sarcasm or as an insult
feels in a place. to the listener or
He/she feels cold someone.
which is not normal to
him or her.
2. The airport, as When the speaker is Between a driver and When it is being
fast as you can. talking to the driver of a passenger who has shouted to someone
the taxi because she’s business abroad. elder than the speaker,
running late for her just because the
scheduled flight. speaker is in hurry,
he/she shouted it
without courtesy.
3. I do. Wedding day, when Between the Priest/ When the speaker is
the speaker was asked Pastor and the lovers. just faking it.
to willingly fulfill
his/her promises to
the one he/she loved.
4. Do you love When the speaker Best friends When being said by a
me? wants to know the student to his/her
true feeling of the teacher during
one, he/she has known recitation.
for a long time and
secretly loves.
5. How strange! When the speaker Close Friends When you saw a
notices unusual person with
actions/behaviors to disabilities.
someone he/she
knows very well for a
long time.
6. Can we have When a teacher is Teacher and students When the elders are
some silence at the discussing important talking about
back? things in front yet the something important,
student at the back is you are the one who
continuously talking. needs to be silent.
7. Cheers! Dinners with Officemates When someone is
colleagues hurt, and you hate that
 person.
8. Damn! You were lost in a Teammates When you are at
sports game. church while the
Priest/pastor is
talking.
9. Hurry up! When you have a Siblings When you are in
family trip and you’re hurry, but you
sibling prepares very encountered a person
slow with a disability while
in the queue.
10. Shut up! Having fun jokes with Friends When you are in a
friends formal debate.