Final Test on DA
Truong Van Anh
SGU
Format on DA TEST
A- THEORY: (3ms)
1. Question (1.5ms)
2. Question (1.5ms)
B- PRACTICE: (7ms)
1. Analyzing linguistic elements (1m)
2. Analyzing theme and rhyme (1m)
3. Analyzing adjacency pairs (1m)
4. Speech acts (2ms)
5. Implicature (2ms)



A- Theory: (3ms)
1. According to functional linguistics, what are the three types of themes?
Give examples to illustrate. (1.5ms)
2. Give three kinds of referential cohesion with examples to illustrate. (1.5ms)









A- Theory:
(1.5ms) Three types of theme: topical, interpersonal, and textual.
+ Topical: He learns English.
+ Interpersonal: Wow, your dress is nice.
+ Textual: Finally, he won a scholarship.










2. (1.5ms) Three kinds of referential cohesion: anaphoric, cataphoric and exophoric
+ Anaphoric: Lan was sad. She became a nun.
+ Cataphoric: He was sad. “Tom, why are you here?”
+ Exophoric: He’s gone! How sad we are!







3. How many types of ellipsis are there? Give examples. (1.5ms)
4. What are adjacency pairs? Give two examples. (1.5ms)
5. According to functional linguistics, what are the four types of conjunctions?
Give examples to illustrate. (1.5ms)







4/ Exchanges (Sentences) near each other in a conversation (dialog) are called an adjacency pair.
Examples: + Question-answer
A. What would you like?
B. I’d like a pair of jeans.
+ Greeting-greeting
A. How do you do.
B. How do you do.


6. According to functional linguistics, what are the three types of substitutions?
Give examples to illustrate. (1.5ms)
7. Give six kinds of speech acts with examples to illustrate. (1.5ms)
8. According to functional linguistics, what are the four types of maxims?
Give examples to illustrate. (1.5ms)







B- Practice: (7ms)
1-Read the following passage from a play and identify the cohesive devices in it. (1m)










2- Classify the following utterances into different kinds of speech acts. (2ms)
a. My name’s Tom Smith.

b. How modern the car is!

c. Tomorrow I will give you a hand.

d. Who will support you?

e. Please, be seated.
f. That man is poor.

g. You shall be shocked by lightning.

h. What excellent students you are!

i. Keep your shoes clean.

j. He is called a king.
4- Identify the adjacency pairs in the following conversation and decide whether the second pair part is a preferred or dispreferred response. (1ms)
Conversation
A: What’s Jill doing in France?
B: Why are you asking about her?
A: I dunno. I’ve just been thinkin’ about ‘er.
B: She’s on some sort of exchange program. Studyin’ French or somethin’.









4- (1m)
Conversation
A: What’s Jill doing in France?
B: She’s on some sort of exchange program. Studyin’ French or somethin’. (preferred)
B: Why are you asking about her?
A: I dunno. I’ve just been thinkin’ about ‘er. (dispreferred)









Name the linguistic elements
1/ Jack feels sad. So he sits by the river.
He > Jack: Personal anaphoric reference
So > : causal conjunction
2/ The room is modern. It has many new tools.
It: Personal anaphoric reference
Room: superordinate; tools: hyponym





Analyze the theme and the rheme in the following sentences: (1m)
a. The gate in front of his house was painted blue.
b. Finally, the old man met his friend again.
c. Well, you look very smart today.
d. The girl next door got married to an old man.
e. In conclusion, the essay is very good.











a. The gate in front of his house: Topical theme
was painted blue: rheme
b. Finally: Textual theme
the old man: Topical theme
met his friend again: rheme
c. Well: Interpersonal theme
you: Topical theme
look very smart today:Rheme









d. The girl next door: Topical theme
got married to an old man: Rheme
e. In conclusion: Textual theme
the essay: Topical theme
is very good: Rheme










Name the adjacency pairs:
A. Your dress is nice.
B. Thanks.
> Compliment - thank
A. You are late.
B. Sorry.
> Blame - excuse





Make up adjacency pairs:
+ Compliment - thank
A. Your dress is nice.
B. Thanks.
+ Blame - excuse
A. You are late.
B. Sorry.






Write down one implicature that can be drawn from the second speaker’s response in each of the following conversations. (2ms)
1. A- Do you sell paste?
B- : I sell rubber cement.
B implies that _______________________.
2. A- Who’s that?
B- Charlie, the pizza delivery person, is at the door.
B implies that _______________________.








3. A- Hello, are you going to the shop? Could you get me some milk?
B- Of course. The usual, huh?
B implies that _______________________.
4. A- Will you go to the cinema with me this evening?
B- I have to study for an exam.
B implies that _______________________.
5. A- Can I check my email?
B- The laptop is in the kitchen.
B implies that _______________________.












Good luck!