Midterm Exam (Language, Culture and Society) V.3

It is a structured system comprising of grammar and vocabulary that is used as a tool for communication.

This refers to a group of people who share the same language including words, grammar rules . 

This refers to ability of language to cause social action. 

This gives the premise that language performs actions when we speak. We are "doing things" not just talking about them.

It refers to the production of sounds and words that make up an utterance and its referential meaning. 

It refers to the intended meaning of the utterance or the conventional force that an utterance is understood to have

It refers to the effect achieved by an utterance on the hearer.

This type of illocutionary act represents a state of affairs - stating, describing or telling.

This type of illocutionary act expresses the mental state of the speaker about an event presumed to be true.

Group the following verbs according to the type of illocutions they are classified under. 

This is theory suggests that speakers use particular strategies in order to achieve successful communication while effectively upholding positive social values. 

Positive politeness strategy is concerned with proceeding towards a goal in the smoothest way and with sensitivity to others. 

Politeness Theory is an important branch of semantics developed by Penelope Brown and Stephen Levinson. 

This politeness strategy is done when then speaker avoid being particular with the concern and relies on the hearer's interpretation. 

Which among the choices is NOT a reason for language death?