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    This document is an introduction to a quiz on pragmatics. It contains 3 sections: 1) a multiple choice test on definitions of key terms in pragmatics, 2) short answer questions interpreting statements and explaining concepts, and 3) an inference exercise about a short story passage. Pragmatics is concerned with how utterances are understood based on context, prior knowledge and inference. The "waste basket idea" refers to pragmatics encompassing meanings that are not explained by other areas of linguistics.

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    This document is an introduction to a quiz on pragmatics. It contains 3 sections: 1) a multiple choice test on definitions of key terms in pragmatics, 2) short answer questions interpreting statements and explaining concepts, and 3) an inference exercise about a short story passage. Pragmatics is concerned with how utterances are understood based on context, prior knowledge and inference. The "waste basket idea" refers to pragmatics encompassing meanings that are not explained by other areas of linguistics.

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    INTRODUCTION TO PRAGMATICS

    Quiz 1

    Name: ___________________________________ Date: _________________ Score: ___________

    Test 1. Give the appropriate answer to the question/definition in each item.


    1. Based on the levels of language and linguistics, what does pragmatics comprise of?
    ______________________________________
    2. What areas belong to the first level of language and linguistics which consist of sounds and
    letters? _______________________________________
    3. Give the formula of the “waste basket idea”.
    ______________________________________________
    4. In the area of pragmatics, what is the primary concern in the utterances of words and phrases?
    ______________________________________
    5. It is the process of drawing a conclusion based on the available evidence plus previous
    knowledge and experience. _____________________________

    Test II.
    1. In the theories of pragmatics, how will you interpret the statement “Words do not have meaning
    by themselves”? (5 pts)
    _____________________________________________________________________________
    _____________________________________________________________________________
    _____________________________________________________________________________
    _____________________________________________________________________________

    2. In your own words, explain the nature of “waste basket” idea based on its formula.
    _____________________________________________________________________________
    _____________________________________________________________________________
    _____________________________________________________________________________
    _____________________________________________________________________________

    Test III. Inferencing

    What Can You Infer?

    One dollar and eighty-seven cents. That was all. And sixty cents of it was in pennies. Pennies saved
    one and two at a time by bulldozing the grocer and the vegetable man and the butcher until one’s
    cheeks burned with the silent imputation of parsimony that such close dealing implied. Three times
    Della counted it.
    One dollar and eighty-seven cents. And the next day would be Christmas.
    There was clearly nothing to do but flop down on the shabby little couch and howl. So Della did it.
    Which instigates the moral reflection that life is made up of sobs, sniffles, and
    smiles, with sniffles predominating.
    1. Why is Della crying?
    _________________________________________________________________________________
    _________________________________________________________________________________

    2. What does Christmas have to do with her tears?


    _________________________________________________________________________________
    _________________________________________________________________________________

    3. How did she get the money?


    _________________________________________________________________________________
    _________________________________________________________________________________

    4. What does O. Henry mean by “with sniffles predominating”?


    _________________________________________________________________________________
    _________________________________________________________________________________

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