MCQ Bank
Conversation analysis (CA) is an approach to the study of social interaction that emerged in the.
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The impression of rhythm may arise out of a feeling of alternation between strong and weak is called________.
- A) beats
- B) words
- C) sounds
- D) rhythms
Conversation analysis is an approach is the analysis of discourse.
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Whose framework has been used to examine the global narrative structure?
- A) David Mitchell’s
- B) S. E. Hintson’s
- C) William Labov’s
- D) Van Dijk
Conversation analysis works with the recordings of.
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Interactional sociolinguistics deals with the existence of subtle _________ in the systematic combination of verbal and non-verbal signs.
- A) all the given options
- B) cultural differences
- C) behavioral differences
- D) racial differences
Which one is a type of communicative event in which speech is the main component?
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Anthropology is a unique academic discipline that operates at the crossroads of the __________.
- A) physical sciences
- B) social sciences
- C) environmental sciences
- D) natural sciences
The analysis of language beyond the sentences is called.
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A central recognition of discursive psychology is that actions are_______.
- A) relocated
- B) unfixed
- C) situated
- D) performed
Discourse refers to information which can only be interpreted by reference to.
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Cultural anthropologists study the diversity of human cultures and _______ around the world.
- A) minds
- B) attitudes
- C) societies
- D) languages
In speech events, there is enormous in what people say in different circumstances.
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Interaction that takes place through a broadcast platform, whether spoken or written is called _________discourse.
- A) power
- B) media
- C) domination
- D) ideology
Choose the best suited discourse marker for the given sentence. Mark heard the news on the radio he was driving home.
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A part of something can only truly be understood if examined within relation to the whole of it is called _______.
- A) universalism
- B) cultural
- C) holism
- D) relativism
Who published a paper with the title ‘Discourse analysis’?
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Blogs and webpages are also other examples of_________.
- A) semiotics
- B) none of the given options
- C) trans-media
- D) semantics
According to Martin (1993), British discourse analysis was greatly influenced by Halliday’s to language.
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Discourse _________ approach is the primary focus of scholars in the study of media discourse.
- A) synthetical
- B) sociolinguistic
- C) non-linguistic
- D) analytic