TRƯỜNG ĐẠI HỌC NGÂN HÀNG TP.

HỒ CHÍ MINH
KHOA: Ngoại ngữ
NỘI DUNG BÀI TẬP KẾT THÚC HỌC PHẦN
Tên học phần: Phân tích diễn ngôn
Lớp học phần: ENB314_203_D01

Part I. (5 pts.)
Question 1. (1 pt.)
Identify substitution or ellipsis in the following example. If ellipsis, identify the words that
were omitted.
a. STOP BUS VANDALS
by reporting it at once
to the driver or conductor.
(sign displayed in Edinburgh buses)
b. If aggression should instantly be punished, why was not a man, not a gun sent to deal
with the aggressors in the occupied territories of the Middle East, Cyprus and East
Timor? Our middle-of-the-road warmonger waves this aside. International force was
not used in the past, he agrees. It should have been.

Question 2. (1 pt.)
What are the locutionary, illocutionary, and perlocutionary acts of the following?
a. Bus driver: This bus won't move until you boys move in out of the doorway.
b. It is raining outside!

Question 3. (1 pt.)
In the following, which performative verbs are used performatively, and which are used
non-performatively?
a. I’ll be there at 5 o’clock.
b. I bet you six pence it will rain tomorrow.
c. I name this ship the Queen Elizabeth.
d. Trespassers will be prosecuted.

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 Question 4. (1 pt.)
Identify the reference items in the following example. What do they refer to? What type of
reference is it?
a. Plato is on the bottom shelf of the bookcase.
b. It’s going down quickly, the sun.

Question 5. (1 pt.)
Study the situation and answer these questions:
a. What maxim does the teacher seem to flout?
b. What implicature would you draw about X’s writing skills?

Situation: Suppose you were considering X for a job that needed good writing skills. You
have written to his English teacher asking her to assess his performance in this area. You
receive the following reply:

Dear Sir,
X has regularly and punctually attended all my classes. All his assignments were handed
in on time and very neatly presented. I greatly enjoyed having X in my class.
Sincerely yours,

Part II. (5 pts.)

Discourse analysis is a research method for studying written or spoken language in
relation to its social context. It aims to understand how language is used in real life
situations.

Write an essay about how you apply knowledge on discourse studies to improve your English.
Length requirement: 300 – 350 words.
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