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Unit 3: Texto y DiscursoOnline version Preguntas moodle by Lucía 1 The interactional sociolinguistic approach to discourse analysis… a draws information and concepts from several disciplines. b is based only on linguistics. c is concerned mainly with the findings of anthropologists. 2 According to Georgia Green, politeness has to do with… a the use of appropriate language. b being nice to everyone in an interaction. c strategies for maintaining or changing interpersonal relations. 3 The most influential of the different politeness views has been… a Brown & Levinson’s face-saving view. b The social-norm view. c Fraser’s conversational-contract view. 4 According to Leech, the Politeness Principle is mainly concerned with… a maximizing the expression of favorable beliefs about the hearer and minimizing the expression of unfavorable ones. b always being generous and sympathetic, no matter what. c maximizing the expression of unfavorable beliefs about the hearer and minimizing the expression of favorable ones. 5 Robin Lakoff (1973) explains that, according to the rules of conversation… a It is more important to be polite than to be clear. b To be clear is never important. c It is more important to be clear than to be polite. 6 Brown & Levinson’s Theory of Politeness is based on an interpretation of the work of… a J. Gumperz. b G. Leech. c E. Goffman. 7 The three sociolinguistic variables, according to Brown & Levinson, are… a positive face, negative face and FTAs. b FTAs, negative politness and positive politeness. c Social distance, relative power (of speaker and hearer) and ranking of impositions in the particular culture. 8 Politeness strategies are normally used in order to… a maximize the face threat. b lose face. c minimize the face threat. 9 We normally use bald on record strategies when… a we violate the maxims of the Cooperative Principle. b there is no urgency of response. c maximum efficiency is required. 10 We normally use on record with positive or negative politeness strategies when… a we violate the maxims of the Cooperative Principle. b maximum efficiency is required. c there is no urgency or when maximum efficiency is not required. 11 We normally use off record strategies when… a there is no need to flout the Gricean Maxims. b there is great urgency to do the FTA. c we want to avoid certain responsibility for doing the FTA. 12 One of the main concerns of Interactional Sociolinguistics is… a written texts and their contexts. b situated social interaction. c grammatical competence. 13 Brown & Levinson’s Politeness Theory has been criticized for… a being ethnocentric. b being pessimistic. c not being appropriate. 14 A crucial concept in Interactional Sociolinguistics is the concept of… a minimal pairs. b contextualization cue. c linguistic performance. 15 One example of contextualization cue is… a code-switching within a given interaction. b the place where a conversation occurs. c the background noise of the room where a conversation occurs. 16 Goffman argues that the self is… a a social, interactive construction. b a grammatical construction. c the egocentric idea of one’s being. 17 A crucial concept in Goffman’s argumentation (1967) is the concept of… a proposition b adjacency pairs c face d 18 According to Goffman, one of the conditions of interaction is… a the maintenance of face. b the use of politically-correct language c the use of grammatically correct sentences 19 An example of frame (another crucial concept in Goffman’s analysis of interaction) could be… a an academic lecture. b a relative clause. c body gestures. 20 The concept of footing in Goffman’s analysis… a concerns the different codes used in an interaction. b has to do with the turns taken by the different speakers. c has to do with the different speaker roles. 21 Conversation Analysis originated within… a sociology b psychology c linguistics 22 Apology-minimization… a is a backchannel. b refers to one of the prototypical adjacency pairs. c is one part of an adjacency pair. 23 in the following dialogue we find an example of… John: Lucy, are you coming to Tom’s party tomorrow evening? Lucy: Who else will be there? John: only his closest friends. Lucy: Then yes, I’ll go. a a nested adjacency pair. b an incomplete adjacency pair. c repair 24 Preferred seconds in an adjacency pair… a are marked. b are instances of repair. c are unmarked. 25 Dispreferred seconds in an adjacency pair… a are marked. b are unmarked. c are instances of repair. 26 Within the repair system, there is a preference for… a self-initiated self-repair in opportunity 1. b self-initiated self-repair in opportunity 2. c other-initiation by NTRI in opportunity 3. 27 The sequence in bold type is an example of… A: Do you like apple pie? B: Yes, I love it. Why? A: I’ll treat you to the best apple pie with ice-cream you’ve ever tried, at Clyde’s this evening. a pre-invitation. b pre-request. c pre-announcement. 28 In the following exchange, there is an insertion sequence in… T1 A: Do you love me? T2 B: It depends on what you mean by the word “love”. T3 A: What could I mean? LOVE! Just that! T4 B: Then I cannot give you an accurate answer. a Turns 2 and 4. b Turns 2 and 3. c Turns 1 and 2. 29 The following could be considered as the typical overall organization of… 1. Opening section (with a summons-answer adjacency pair) 2. Main body (with different topic slots) 3. Closing section (farewell) a Business transactions. b Mass sermons. c Telephone conversations. 30 Conversation Analysis began with… a Sacks, Shegloff and Jefferson’s approach. b Psychoanalysis. c the approach known as Ethnomethodology. 31 Conversation analysts… a do not believe in the organized structure of interaction. b argue against too many idealizations in their analysis. c make use of many idealizations in their every-day work. 32 One of the main assumptions of CA is that… a social relations are of primary importance. b many details of conversation are a priori unimportant. c conversation is structurally organized. 33 It is essential for CA … a to analyze single utterances. b to specify what parties say in advance. c that the data be fully observable. 34 The concept of adjacency pair… a has very little to do with sequential analysis. b always refers to utterances produced by only one speaker. c is in close connection with the concept of turn-taking. 35 Turn-taking is a … a a form of social action. b local system. c description of the making of errors. 36 A Transition Relevance Place (TRP)… a has to do with possible changes of turn. b is a structural unit. c refers to a group of turns. 37 Interlocutors indicate that they are listening by means of… a backchannels. b adjacency pairs. c preference organization.

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Unit 3: Texto y DiscursoOnline version

by Lucía

The interactional sociolinguistic approach to discourse analysis…

According to Georgia Green, politeness has to do with…

The most influential of the different politeness views has been…

According to Leech, the Politeness Principle is mainly concerned with…

Robin Lakoff (1973) explains that, according to the rules of conversation…

Brown & Levinson’s Theory of Politeness is based on an interpretation of the work of…

The three sociolinguistic variables, according to Brown & Levinson, are…

Politeness strategies are normally used in order to…

We normally use bald on record strategies when…

We normally use on record with positive or negative politeness strategies when…

We normally use off record strategies when…

One of the main concerns of Interactional Sociolinguistics is…

Brown & Levinson’s Politeness Theory has been criticized for…

A crucial concept in Interactional Sociolinguistics is the concept of…

One example of contextualization cue is…

Goffman argues that the self is…

A crucial concept in Goffman’s argumentation (1967) is the concept of…

According to Goffman, one of the conditions of interaction is…

An example of frame (another crucial concept in Goffman’s analysis of interaction) could be…

The concept of footing in Goffman’s analysis…

Conversation Analysis originated within…

Apology-minimization…

in the following dialogue we find an example of… John: Lucy, are you coming to Tom’s party tomorrow evening? Lucy: Who else will be there? John: only his closest friends. Lucy: Then yes, I’ll go.

Preferred seconds in an adjacency pair…

Dispreferred seconds in an adjacency pair…

Within the repair system, there is a preference for…

The sequence in bold type is an example of… A: Do you like apple pie? B: Yes, I love it. Why? A: I’ll treat you to the best apple pie with ice-cream you’ve ever tried, at Clyde’s this evening.

In the following exchange, there is an insertion sequence in… T1 A: Do you love me? T2 B: It depends on what you mean by the word “love”. T3 A: What could I mean? LOVE! Just that! T4 B: Then I cannot give you an accurate answer.

The following could be considered as the typical overall organization of… 1. Opening section (with a summons-answer adjacency pair) 2. Main body (with different topic slots) 3. Closing section (farewell)

Conversation Analysis began with…

Conversation analysts…

One of the main assumptions of CA is that…

It is essential for CA …

The concept of adjacency pair…

Turn-taking is a …

A Transition Relevance Place (TRP)…

Interlocutors indicate that they are listening by means of…