Final Test on DA

Final Test on DA Final Test on DA Truong Van Anh SGU Format on DA TEST A THEORY (3ms) 1 Question (1 5ms) 2 Question (1 5ms) B PRACTICE (7ms) 1 Analyzing linguistic elements (1m) 2 Analyzing theme and[.]

Final Test on DA

Truong Van Anh

SGU

Format on DA TESTA- THEORY: (3ms)

1 Question (1.5ms)

2 Question (1.5ms)

B- PRACTICE: (7ms)

1 Analyzing linguistic elements (1m)

2 Analyzing theme and rhyme (1m)

3 Analyzing adjacency pairs (1m)

4 Speech acts (2ms)

5 Implicature (2ms)

A- Theory: (3ms)

1 According to functional linguistics, what are the three types of themes?

Give examples to illustrate (1.5ms)

2 Give three kinds of referential cohesion with examples to illustrate (1.5ms)

A- Theory:

1.(1.5ms) Three types of theme: topical, interpersonal, and textual

+ Topical: He learns English.

+ Interpersonal: Wow, your dress is nice.

+ Textual: Finally, he won a scholarship.

2 (1.5ms) Three kinds of referential cohesion: anaphoric, cataphoric and exophoric

+ Anaphoric: Lan was sad She became a nun + Cataphoric: He was sad “Tom, why are you

here?”

+ Exophoric: He’s gone! How sad we are!

3 How many types of ellipsis are there? Give examples (1.5ms)

4 What are adjacency pairs? Give two examples (1.5ms)

5 According to functional linguistics, what are the four types of conjunctions?

Give examples to illustrate (1.5ms)

4/ Exchanges (Sentences) near each other in a conversation (dialog) are called an adjacency pair.

Examples: + Question-answer

A What would you like?

B I’d like a pair of jeans

+ Greeting-greeting

A How do you do

B How do you do

6 According to functional linguistics, what are the three types of substitutions?

Give examples to illustrate (1.5ms)

7 Give six kinds of speech acts with examples to illustrate (1.5ms)

8 According to functional linguistics, what are the four types of maxims?

Give examples to illustrate (1.5ms)

B- Practice: (7ms)

1-Read the following passage from a play and identify the cohesive devices in it (1m)

2- Classify the following utterances into different kinds of speech acts (2ms)

a My name’s Tom Smith.

b How modern the car is!

c Tomorrow I will give you a hand.

d Who will support you?

e Please, be seated.

f That man is poor.

g You shall be shocked by lightning

h What excellent students you are!

i Keep your shoes clean

j He is called a king

4- Identify the adjacency pairs in the following conversation and decide whether the second pair part is a preferred or dispreferred response (1ms)

ConversationA: What’s Jill doing in France?

B: Why are you asking about her?

A: I dunno I’ve just been thinkin’ about ‘er.B: She’s on some sort of exchange program Studyin’ French or somethin’

4- (1m)

Conversation

A: What’s Jill doing in France?

B: She’s on some sort of exchange program Studyin’ French or somethin’ (preferred)

B: Why are you asking about her?

A: I dunno I’ve just been thinkin’ about ‘er (dispreferred)

Name the linguistic elements

1/ Jack feels sad So he sits by the river

He > Jack: Personal anaphoric reference

• Analyze the theme and the rheme in the

following sentences: (1m)

• a The gate in front of his house was painted blue

• b Finally, the old man met his friend again

• c Well, you look very smart today

• d The girl next door got married to an old man

• e In conclusion, the essay is very good

a The gate in front of his house: Topical theme was painted blue: rheme

b Finally: Textual theme

the old man: Topical theme

met his friend again: rheme

c Well: Interpersonal theme

you: Topical theme

look very smart today:Rheme

d The girl next door: Topical theme got married to an old man: Rheme

e In conclusion: Textual theme

the essay: Topical theme

is very good: Rheme

Name the adjacency pairs:

A Your dress is nice

Make up adjacency pairs:+ Compliment - thank

A Your dress is nice

B Thanks

+ Blame - excuse

A You are late

B Sorry

Write down one implicature that can be drawn from the second speaker’s response in each of the following conversations (2ms)

1 A- Do you sell paste?

B- : I sell rubber cement

3 A- Hello, are you going to the shop? Could

you get me some milk?

B- Of course The usual, huh?

5 A- Can I check my email?

B- The laptop is in the kitchen

B implies that _

Good luck!