Past Paper ENG-317 (Pragmatics) 2017 | Semester Six BS English (PU) | Eureka Study Aids

Section A 

1. Write short answers of the following questions. (15) 

(i) Discuss the significance of Conversational Maxims in speech act. Support your opinion with examples. 

(ii) What is Interaction? Discuss with examples. 

(iii) Write a comprehensive note on the significance of Threat Falicity Condition. 

Section B 

2. Write the long answers of the following questions. (45) 

(i) How Complex Speech Act is different from simple speech act? Discuss in detail. 

(ii) Discuss the significance of Conversational Implicature in speech act. 

(iii) What are the Cooperative Principles? Discuss their importance in speech act.