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  • What does text pragmatics analyze?
    Language choices, structure, context.
  • Which theory studies communicative
    Speech act theory.
  • What is a communicative function?
    The speaker’s purpose or intention.
  • What does text pragmatics study?
    How meaning works in full texts.
  • What does the informative function do?
    Gives information or facts.
  • What is “pragmatic tone”?
    The attitude in the text.
  • What does communicative function guide?
    How the text is structured
  • What does the expressive function show?
    Emotions or feelings.
  • Give an example of a phatic expression.
    "Hello" or "How are you?"
  • What does “context” refer to in text pragmatics?
    Time, place, participants.
  • Why are cohesion and coherence important?
    They make the text flow well.
  • What is modality in language?
    Words like "might" or "should".
  • What does pragmatics help us understand?
    How meaning is expressed.
  • Does text pragmatics study just one sentence?
    No, it studies whole texts.
  • What is the goal of a directive function?
    To give a command or request.
  • What does the metalinguistic function focus on?
    Language about language.
  • What does the communicative function explain?
    Why the speaker says something.
  • What is the goal of the persuasive function?
    To influence or convince.
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