MCQ Bank
The references to assumed shared worlds outside the text are called _________.
- A) exophoric
- B) cataphoric
- C) endophoric
- D) anaphoric
Syllables which stand out in the flow of talk are uttered with a relatively ________ intensity.
- A) greater
- B) similar
- C) smaller
- D) equal
Pairs of utterances such as greeting-greeting and apology-acceptance are called.
- A)
- B)
- C)
- D)
Stress on a word, phrase or sentence is called_________ level stress.
- A) secondary
- B) segment
- C) primary
- D) sentence
In the field of research, when did psychologists start using discourse analysis?
- A)
- B)
- C)
- D)
The units of sound in a language that differentiate one word from another are called___________.
- A) alphabets
- B) phonemes
- C) letters
- D) component
Who developed a model for the description of teacher-pupil talk, based on a hierarchy of discourse units?
- A)
- B)
- C)
- D)
The end of each intonation unit is marked with a ___________.
- A) semi-colon
- B) hash
- C) colon
- D) full stop
The usage of linguistic devices to join sentences together, including conjunctions and reference words is called.
- A)
- B)
- C)
- D)
Georg von Wright was a _________.
- A) poet
- B) philosopher
- C) novelist
- D) scientist
Conversation analysis is an approach to the analysis of discourse.
- A)
- B)
- C)
- D)
Rose is a _________ of flower.
- A) hypotonia
- B) hyponasty
- C) hypoderma
- D) hyponym
Halliday’s framework emphasizes on the of speech and writing. (thematic structure, informational structure, social-functions, all of the given)
- A)
- B)
- C)
- D)
Qualifying a clause with some circumstantial feature of time, place, cause or condition is called its___________.
- A) conjunction
- B) enhancement
- C) extension
- D) elaboration
Conversation analysis works with the recordings of data and carries out careful and fine-grained analyses.
- A)
- B)
- C)
- D)
Generally, intonation units __________ with a pitch boundary.
- A) end
- B) middle
- C) join
- D) start
What discourse markers are used for?
- A)
- B)
- C)
- D)
The general words, which correspond to major classes of lexical items, are very commonly used with _________ force.
- A) adhesive
- B) active
- C) cohesive
- D) passive
A/An is a unit of conversation that contains an exchange of one turn each by the two speakers.
- A)
- B)
- C)
- D)
We create ‘rhythm’ in spoken language on the basis of ________.
- A) rhyming
- B) pitch
- C) sound
- D) stress