QCM : Discourse Analysis and Social Power — 10 questions

Question 1

1. What does a multidisciplinary approach do when analyzing a discourse object such as a sentence, speech, or corpus?

Treats meaning as fixed in the words alone

Replaces analysis with personal interpretation

Studies it through multiple complementary research perspectives

Focuses only on its grammatical correctness

Explication

A multidisciplinary approach uses several complementary lenses on the same discourse object. The other options describe narrower or unsupported ways of analyzing language.

Answer

Studies it through multiple complementary research perspectives

Question 2

2. What is meant by language in use in discourse analysis?

Classifying words by dictionary meaning alone

Counting how many clauses appear in a text

Examining how language functions in real communication

Studying only abstract sentence rules

Explication

Language in use focuses on how speech, sentences, or texts work in actual communication. It is not limited to abstract rules or isolated word meanings.

Answer

Examining how language functions in real communication

Question 3

3. Why is context considered essential for discourse meaning?

Because words have a single meaning in every situation

Because grammar alone determines all interpretation

Because context only provides background details

Because meaning is inseparable from social, political, and economic settings

Explication

The course treats discourse meaning as tied to social, political, and economic context. The other choices wrongly reduce meaning to fixed words or grammar alone.

Answer

Because meaning is inseparable from social, political, and economic settings

Question 4

4. How does discourse relate to social power in the course view?

It remains separate from ideology and cultural norms

It only reflects private feelings and intentions

It is determined entirely by sentence structure

It both shapes and is shaped by identities and power relations

Explication

Discourse is presented as both influencing and being influenced by identities, power relations, ideologies, and cultural norms. It is not treated as isolated from society.

Answer

It both shapes and is shaped by identities and power relations

Question 5

5. What are legitimation strategies in civilizational approaches to discourse?

Techniques for summarizing a text in fewer words

Labels used to identify grammatical subjects

Ways discourse persuades an audience and makes claims seem acceptable

Methods for checking spelling and punctuation

Explication

Legitimation strategies are discourse ways of persuading audiences and making claims appear acceptable. The other options describe unrelated language tasks.

Answer

Ways discourse persuades an audience and makes claims seem acceptable

Question 6

6. In civilizational analysis, what are representations mainly used to examine?

How many verbs appear in a paragraph

How discourse links I, we, and them to describe social groups

How individual sentences avoid repetition

How to correct informal speech into formal style

Explication

Representations concern the discursive labeling of social groups through forms such as I, we, and them. This is about group construction, not sentence correction.

Answer

How discourse links I, we, and them to describe social groups

Question 7

7. Which topic title matches the fourth section of the course outline?

MAGA slogan history and meanings

Grammatical analysis of discourse

Civilizational approaches to discourse

Language, context, and social power

Explication

The fourth section in the outline is titled Grammatical analysis of discourse. The other options are different sections of the course.

Answer

Grammatical analysis of discourse

Question 8

8. What is the main focus of the section titled grammatical analysis of discourse?

It is listed as a separate course topic in the outline

It explains the 1980 origin of the MAGA slogan

It tracks recurring themes across time

It defines discourse as social power relations

Explication

In the outline, grammatical analysis of discourse appears as its own topic. The other choices belong to different sections of the course material.

Answer

It is listed as a separate course topic in the outline

Question 9

9. When did the slogan Make America Great Again first appear in Ronald Reagan’s presidential campaign?

2024

1980

2016

1992

Explication

The slogan first appeared in Ronald Reagan’s 1980 campaign after a perceived loss of U.S. prestige. The other dates correspond to later political uses or are unsupported.

Answer

Unifying value

Question 10

10. Which discourse function is associated with the phrase making supporters feel part of a shared identity or purpose?

Enemies from within

Unifying value

Critical value

Golden Age idealization

Explication

Unifying value refers to the slogan’s ability to create shared identity or purpose among supporters. Critical value instead frames the present as degraded.

QCM : Discourse Analysis and Social Power — 10 questions

Questions et réponses du QCM

1. What does a multidisciplinary approach do when analyzing a discourse object such as a sentence, speech, or corpus?

2. What is meant by language in use in discourse analysis?

3. Why is context considered essential for discourse meaning?

4. How does discourse relate to social power in the course view?

5. What are legitimation strategies in civilizational approaches to discourse?

6. In civilizational analysis, what are representations mainly used to examine?

7. Which topic title matches the fourth section of the course outline?

8. What is the main focus of the section titled grammatical analysis of discourse?

9. When did the slogan Make America Great Again first appear in Ronald Reagan’s presidential campaign?

10. Which discourse function is associated with the phrase making supporters feel part of a shared identity or purpose?

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