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1.

Interview, commentaries and conversation are part of:


A. Discourse Analysis B. speech events C. coherence  D. cohesive
2.It is a type of communicative event in which speech is the main component.
A. Texts  B. discourse  C. cohesion  D. speech events 
3.. ___ describes a formal way of thinking that uses language.
A. dismiss it B. Discourse C. script D. schema
4.the ties and connections that exist within texts
discourse analysis coherence cohesion cohesive ties
5.the assumption in conversation that you will “be clear, brief and orderly”
quality maxim relation maxim quantity maxim manner maxim
6.the individual connections between words and phrases in a text
cohesion coherence discourse analysis cohesive ties
7.One of the most noticeable features of conversational discourse in English is that it is generally very
conversation co-operative principle co-operative none
8.language beyond the sentence
schema implicature discourse dismiss it
9. an additional conveyed meaning (Are you coming to the party tonight? I've got an exam tomorrow.)
implicature discourse implicatures grammar
10. We cannot avoid discourse because of our ___ (even if we don't say anything out loud).
filled pauses cohesive ties social boundaries discourse
11. In simple terms, English conversation can be described as an activity in which, for the most part,
two or more people ___.
the Quantity maxim take turns at speaking turn-taking the Quality maxim
12. no information given and has no communicative value
discourse cohesion script tautology
13. For the most part, participants wait until one speaker indicates that he or she has finished, usually
by signaling a ___.
cohesive ties conversation cohesion completion point
14. a concept that exists in people, rather than word structures, where one tries to arrive at an
interpretation that is in line with their experience of the way the world is
co-operative hedges cohesion coherence
15. describes a formal way of thinking that uses language.
dismiss it Discourse script schema
16. If you and your communication partner do not share the same assumptions about ___, one or both
may claim to feel "interrupted."
script turn-taking tautology grammar
17. Modern linguistics are primarily concerned with the ___ aspect (phonetics, morphology, syntax,
semantics, pragmatics).
Schema script grammar hedges
18. Speakers learn how to participate in conversation.
coherence interpretation co-operative conversation
19. which of these concepts is addressed in Foucault’s work ?
A. discipline B. sexuality C. discourse D. all of the these
20. Which is not one of the forms of historical unity that Foucault rejects?
The œuvre Discursive unities The progress of reason The book

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