Discourse _________ approach is the primary focus of scholars in the study of media discourse.

• A) synthetical
• B) sociolinguistic
• C) non-linguistic
• D) analytic

The media texts may throw up discourses and are called _________.

• A) media literacy
• B) binary oppositions
• C) none of the given options
• D) violations

A set of techniques for making connections between texts and their meanings is known as ________.

• A) analytical analysis
• B) conversation analysis
• C) none of the given options
• D) discourse analysis

Discursive psychology is a/an _______ that addresses psychological matters in terms of how they figure in discourse in conversations.

• A) technique
• B) method
• C) approach
• D) term

Which of these is not a type of linguistics?

• A) Personal
• B) Comparative
• C) Synchronic
• D) Historical

A conversation is an activity in which one person listens while the other person speaks is called __________.

• A) maxim of quantity
• B) maxim of manner
• C) turn-taking
• D) maxim of quality

Who among the folloing outlines a "theory of discourse schemata"?

• A) David Mitchell’s
• B) S. E. Hintson’s
• C) van Dijk
• D) Norman Fairclough

The study of how linguistics varies from one place to the next and one speaker to the next is called________.

• A) sociolinguistics
• B) linguistic typology
• C) comparative linguistics
• D) ethno-linguistics

The ________ research involves work in political science and to some degree in cultural studies.

• A) qualitative
• B) quantitative
• C) non-linguistic
• D) sociolinguistic

Left side brackets “[“ indicate where __________ talk begins.

• A) formal
• B) relevant
• C) overlapping
• D) casual

The term that involves variation and style in the media or a close analysis of language is______________.

• A) discourse analysis
• B) analytic approach
• C) non-linguistic
• D) sociolinguistic

What are the major units of analysis known as in a conversation?

• A) Adjoining pair
• B) Adjacency unit
• C) Adjacency pair
• D) Adjoining unit

A ________ system is an interrelated collection of signs or symbols.

• A) synonym
• B) semiotic
• C) coherence
• D) hyponym

Judgements, truths, or moral values have no absolutes, and can only be understood relative to the situation.

• A) Cultural
• B) Relativism
• C) Universalism
• D) Holism

Discursive psychology starts with a focus on discourse as a central resource for performing _______.

• A) action
• B) technique
• C) method
• D) approach

Who said that language of science is a multimedia “language” or, more precisely, a multimodal semiotic system.

• A) David Lodge
• B) Jay L. Lemke
• C) Ronald Reagan
• D) Richard Nixon

The language of science is a multimedia ________ or, more precisely, a multimodal semiotic system.

• A) coherence
• B) language
• C) rhetoric
• D) semiotics

A representative corpus must enable analysis of the features ________.

• A) across text types
• B) within text
• C) across texts
• D) all of the given options

Genre analysis can be seen as a more specific form of__________.

• A) discourse analysis
• B) conversation analysis
• C) Informal analysis
• D) cultural analysis

English for Academic Purposes (EAP) is usually defined as _________ English with the aim of assisting learners.

• A) teaching
• B) prescribing
• C) edifying
• D) sorting