Ben is watching a Netflix show and would like to have some ice cream while enjoying it. He plans to ask Jenifer, his sister, for help. They have plenty of it at home.
What are the theoretically possible politeness strategies Ben can adopt to mitigate his face-threatening act? Give an utterance he would produce in each case and explain your answers briefly.
Question 2 (Chapter 8)
Identify the participants (P), processes (pr) and circumstances (c) in the following sentences:
a) Chinese netizens commented about Edward Snowden on Weibo.
b) Chinas net users have shown lukewarm interest in Snowdens fate as the saga of the ex-CIA-turned-whistleblower unfurls in Hong Kong.
c) They now wonder why he had fled to a Chinese city in the first
place.
d) Chinese media reports offered no explanation.
Question 3 (Chapter 6)
Identify the semantic relationship (i.e. paraphrase, entailment,
contradiction) between the pairs of sentences below. In the case of
entailment, state which one is the entailing sentence and which one is the entailed sentence.
a – Dennis went to Florida last Friday.
– Dennis stayed at home and did nothing last week.
b – I didnt have fruit yesterday.
– I didnt have avocados yesterday.
c – Mary flunked her driving test.
– Mary did not pass her driving test.
d – My car did not function properly.
– My car broke down on the highway.
Question 4 (Chapter 8)
Identify all modal auxiliaries in the following text and classify them
into the four subtypes of modality:
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Interviewer: Hi, Robert. Tell me about your dream again.
Subject: I was confused. It made me feel happy, but also
scared.
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