The study of the relationship between language and society is calledA．pragmatics.B．sociolo

clear in our meaning?

A．The maxim of quantity.

B．The maxim of quality.

C．The maxim of manner.

D．The maxim of relation.

The maxim of quality requires: do not say what you believe to be

A．false.

B．irrelevant.

C．insufficient.

D．indirect.

The linguist who proposed that the speech acts can be divided into five categories is

A．Austin.

B．Searle.

C．Leech.

D．Halliday.

d

A．constative.

B．speech act.

C．performatives.

D．discourse.

r to make an offer, he is performing the

A．locutionary act.

B．illocutionary act.

C．perlocutionary act.

D．relocationary act.

"I didnt steal the necklace" is a(n)

A．directive.

B．expressive.

C．commissive.

D．representative.

"I will kill you" is a(n)

A．directive.

B．expressive.

C．commissive.

D．representative.

According to Searle, the illocutionary point of the representative is

A．to get the hearer to do something.

B．to commit the speaker to something"s being the case.

C．to commit the speaker to some future course of action.

D．to express the feelings or attitude towards an existing state of affairs.

The force of a/an______act is identical with the speakers intention.

A．illocutionary

B．locutionary

C．perlocutionary

D．prelocutionary

The Speech Act theory was first proposed by

A．Grice.

B．Austin.

C．Searle.

D．Leech.