Match each description in List I with the corresponding component in List II.…

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Match each description in List I with the corresponding component in List II.

LIST I — Description of a communication event

LIST II — Component

A. Physical situation

I. Participants

B. Persons involved in the interaction

II. Key

C. Manner or tone in which communication is enacted

III. Instrumentalities

D. Channel and form of communication

IV. Setting and scene

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Answer: D. A-IV, B-I, C-II, D-IIIConceptDell Hymes’s SPEAKING framework analyzes a speech event through distinct components. Setting and scene describe its physical and social circumstances;…

  1. A.

    A-I, B-II, C-III, D-IV

  2. B.

    A-II, B-III, C-IV, D-I

  3. C.

    A-III, B-IV, C-I, D-II

  4. D.

    A-IV, B-I, C-II, D-III

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Correct answer: D

Concept

Dell Hymes’s SPEAKING framework analyzes a speech event through distinct components.

Setting and scene describe its physical and social circumstances; participants identify the people involved; key denotes its tone or manner; and instrumentalities cover its channel, mode, and form.

Application

Description

Component

Reason

A. Physical situation

IV. Setting and scene

A physical situation locates the circumstances in which the event occurs.

B. Persons involved in the interaction

I. Participants

The persons in the interaction are its participants.

C. Manner or tone in which communication is enacted

II. Key

The manner or tone of enactment is the key.

D. Channel and form of communication

III. Instrumentalities

Channels and forms belong to instrumentalities.

Contrast

  • A-I, B-II, C-III, D-IV assigns a situation to people, people to tone, manner to channel, and channel to setting.

  • A-II, B-III, C-IV, D-I assigns a situation to tone, people to channel, manner to setting, and channel to people.

  • A-III, B-IV, C-I, D-II assigns a situation to channel, people to setting, manner to people, and channel to tone.

Therefore, the consistent correspondence is A-IV, B-I, C-II, D-III.

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