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    Alexia Alanis // Fernanda Espinosa // Azalea Martinez // Diana Vargas

    Study questions, Chapter 10 Yule

    1. What kinds of deictic expressions are used here (e.g., We = person deixis)?

    a. We went there last summer.


    We (person deixis), went there (spatial deixis), last summer (temporal
    deixis)

    b. I’m busy now so you can’t stay here. Come back later.
    I, you (person deixis), here, come back (spatial deixis), now, later (temporal
    deixis)

    2.  How do we describe the pragmatic difference between the pair here and now
    versus there and then?

      Close Not close

    Person deixis Me, us, our, this girl Him, them, that woman, those
    idiots

    Spatial deixis Here, this bed, There, those hills, over yander
    behind me (por allá)

    Temporal Now, today, this Then, yesterday, last week,


    deixis morning next year

    3.  What kind of inference is involved in interpreting each of these utterances?

    TEACHER: You can borrow my Shakespeare. Names of people to refer things.

    a. WAITER: The ham sandwich left without paying. Nouns associated with things
    to refer people.

    b. NURSE: The hernia in room 5 wants to talk to the doctor. Nouns associated


    with things to refer people.
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    c. DENTIST: My eleven-thirty canceled so I had an early lunch. Nouns associated


    with things to refer people.
     

    4.  What are the anaphoric expressions in the following sentence?


    Dr. Foster gave Andy some medicine after he told her about his headaches, and
    she advised him to take the pills three times a day until the pain went away.

    he, her, his, she, him, the pills, the pain

    5.  What is the technical term for the phrase an old car in its relationship with it in
    the following utterance?
    I have an old car, but it runs great

    The technical term is antecedent 

    6.  What is one obvious presupposition of speaker who says:


    a. Your clock isn’t working.                 You have a clock
    b. Where did he find the money?         He found the money
    c. We regret buying that car.               We bought the car
    d. The king of France is bald.             France has a king.

    7. How many pragmatic markers are used in the following interaction?


    3 pragmatic markers

    MANA: Why does everyone think he's a genius, I mean, he gets things wrong like
    the rest of us, doesn’t he?

    MAKA: Well, I don’t know, he got that award last year for innovation, you know, the
    Brill award, at the convention in New York, I think it was.

    8. In these examples, is the speaker appealing to positive or negative face?

    a. If you’re free, there’s going to be a party at Yuri’s place on Saturday.


    Negative (If you’re free…)

    b. Let’s go to the party at Yuri’s place on Saturday. Everyone’s invited.


    Positive (Let’s go)

    9.  Someone stands between you and the TV set you're watching, so you decide to
    say one of the following. Identify which would be direct or indirect speech acts.
    a. Move!                  Direct
    b. You’re in the way.  Indirect
    c. Could you please sit down?  Indirect
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    d. Please get out of the way.  Direct

       10.  In terms of speech acts, how would you explain the unusual nature of the
    interaction between a visitor to a city, with luggage, looking lost, and a man in the
    street outside the railway station.
    VISITOR: Excuse me. Do you know where the Ambassador Hotel is?
    RESIDENT: Oh sure, I know where it is. (And walks away)

    The visitor is using indirect speech "do you know where __ is"
    The resident is replying to the questions as if it were direct speech and says yes
    then doesn't give directions.

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