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Language levels and methods (Edexcel A-Level English Language and Literature) quiz

10questions. Pick an answer and you'll see why right away.

  1. Which language level deals with implied meaning that depends on context?

  2. The level concerned with stress, intonation, pace and pause in speech is:

  3. Why is feature-spotting penalised in Edexcel analysis?

  4. High modality (for example 'must', 'will') typically signals:

  5. An implicature, in Grice's framework, is generated when a speaker:

  6. In Brown and Levinson's politeness theory, negative politeness:

  7. Free indirect discourse is best described as:

  8. Focalisation refers to:

  9. When analysing a transcript of spoken language, you should:

  10. Which is the strongest reason to select only a few language levels in an analysis?