MCQ Bank
The field of discourse analysis emerged in.
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The stress on a syllable within a word is called _________ stress.
- A) semantic
- B) lexical
- C) morphological
- D) pragmatic
A formal way of thinking that uses language is known as.
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Who introduced the concept of discourse-organizing words?
- A) McCarthy and Carter
- B) Carter and Chomsky
- C) McCarthy and Chomsky
- D) Chomsky and Hymes
Right and left carats indicate that the talk between them was.
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Who divided modalities into those that contain an element of will and those that contain no element of will?
- A) Frank Palmer
- B) Michael Halliday
- C) Otto Jesperson
- D) Rosamund Moon
Discourse analysis is concerned with the study of the relationship between language, context and.
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An intonation unit is a _________ of speech.
- A) segment
- B) feature
- C) type
- D) property
An activity in which two or more people take turns to speak is called.
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The study of phonemes and their articulation is called _________ level.
- A) intonation
- B) introductory
- C) experiential
- D) segmental
Conversation analysis works with the recordings of data and carries out careful and fine-grained.
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When we listen to a stretch of spoken English discourse, we often feel that there is a/an _________ to it.
- A) humor
- B) alliteration
- C) assonance
- D) rhythm
A hyphen indicates an abrupt cut-off or of the sound in progress.
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Henry bought himself a new Jaguar. He practically lives in the car.” Here, the car is a __________ of Jaguar.
- A) hypoordinate
- B) subordinate
- C) superordinate
- D) inordinate
Discourse markers are used. (delaying tactic, all of the given option, the initiate discourse, to mark a boundary)
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Generally, intonation units include ________ pitch word(s).
- A) four
- B) two
- C) one
- D) three
Boundary exchanges contain two moves which are.
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Who proposed that the logical treatment of modalities is too narrow, because it is centered on truth values of propositions.
- A) Winter and Törrönen
- B) Sulkunen and Törrönen
- C) Sulkunen and Winter
- D) Törrönen and McCarthy
Stories are warning others about the dangers or negative consequences surrounding the topic at hand.
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The term ________ has generated substantial controversy in the field of general and applied linguistics.
- A) accent
- B) competence
- C) alphabet
- D) dialect