Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Ministry of Higher Education
Majmaah University
College of Education – Zulfi
English Department
Course: Pragmatics
First Exam
Student Name: ____________________________________
Serial #: _________________
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Note: Answer only 3 questions out of 5.
Question 1: Mention all types of presupposition. Provide one example for each. (5 marks)
No.
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Type
Example
Presupposition
Question 2: Read the following sentences. Use the table below to identify the anaphoric, cataphoric
and antecedent references? (5 marks)
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
If you need one, there’s a towel in the top drawer.
When he arrived home, John went to sleep.
If you see Alice, give her my book.
Fatima ran into her room.
John injured himself playing cricket.
No.
1
2
3
4
5
Antecedent
Anaphora
Question 3: Mention the maxims of cooperation. Give a brief definition.
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Cataphora
(5 marks)
Question 4: Discuss the meaning of "hedges". Provide two examples. (5 marks)
Question 5: Define the following: (Choose only 3)
(5 marks)
Entailment / Implicature / Pragmatics / Regularity / Generalized conversational implicature
Scalar implicature / Particularized conversational implicature / Zero anaphora
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Mr. Sami Za’areer
GOOD LUCK
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