ENG508 Final Term Quiz 3 July 2023 by Miss Mehwish

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Q1. Lexical items that __________ concepts?

1. encode
2. geocode
3. decode
4. decode

Correct option: a) encode

Q2. The lexical items that __________ context in the way are called ‘deictics’. Options:

1. implode
2. encode
3. démodé
4. decode

Correct option: d) decode

Q3. These exercises will _________ well in tutorial groups.

1. worked
2. working
3. work
4. works

Correct option: c) work

Q4. A positive cognitive effect is a worthwhile ___________ to the individual’s representation of the world.

1. difference
2. similarity
3. concurrence
4. accord

Correct option: b) similarity

Q5. An utterance made by a person to answer why one left one’s sandwich intact, implicates that "I found the taste ____________".

1. solely
2. exceptional
3. unique
4. awful

Correct option: d) awful

Q6. What among the following is a property of conversational implicature which is attached to the semantic content of what is said, not to the linguistic form?

1. non-detachability
2. cancellability
3. non-conventionality
4. reinforceability

Correct option: a) non-detachability

Q7. Weak implicature is the weaker the encouragement, and the _________ the range of possibilities among which the hearer can choose, the weaker the implicatures.

1. slender
2. slighter
3. wider
4. tinier

Correct option: c) wider

Q8. A scalar implicature is a quantity implicature based on the use of an informationally ____________ term in an implicational scale.

1. mild
2. stable
3. strong
4. strong

Correct option: c) strong

9. Spatial deixis are used to indicate the relative __________ of people and things. Options: