MCQ Bank
Halliday’s framework emphasizes on the of speech and writing. (thematic structure, informational structure, social-functions, all of the given)
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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.
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Generally, intonation units __________ with a pitch boundary.
- A) end
- B) middle
- C) join
- D) start
What discourse markers are used for?
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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.
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We create ‘rhythm’ in spoken language on the basis of ________.
- A) rhyming
- B) pitch
- C) sound
- D) stress
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