Perlocutionary meaningequals to speaker’s meaning, or contextual meaning.

Pragmatics can be defined as the study of utterance meaning, and contextual meaning.

Which of the following performance facets must be considered to understand performance? A: Task performance and results B: Declarative knowledge and procedural knowledge C: Task performance and contextual performance D: Contextual performance and results

The Americans and Chinese are likely to use a personal communication style instead of the contextual one.

Cultural elements fall into four groups: perception, verbal processes, nonverbal processes and contextual elements.

Communication is _______________. A: dynamic B: isolated C: systematic D: symbolic E: eversible F: contextual

In the top-down model, listening for gist and making use of the contextual clues and background knowledge to construct meaning are emphasized. ( )

In the bottom-up model, listening for gist and making use of the contextual clues and background knowledge to construct meaning are emphasized.

Contextual elision isthat a sound may also be dropped in rapid casualspeech but may exist whensaid slowly or in isolation.

Halliday claimed that language has ______ meaning. A: formal and contextual B: functional and structural C: linguistic and non-linguistic D: descriptive and prescriptive