A Tokyo Shopkeeper Would Have Been Wise to Use ________

question 192

Multiple Choice

A Tokyo shopkeeper would have been wise to use ________ to verify the accuracy of the new sign in English he purchased for his dry cleaning business. The sign read, "Drop your pants here for best results," which he did not know had another suggestive meaning to native speakers.

• A) cultural symbolism
• B) dialect transformation
• C) semantic analysis
• D) linguistic exchange
• E) back translation

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Definitions:

Biconditional

A logical connective specifying that two statements are true or false together.

Contradictory Statements

Statements that cannot both be true at the same time because they express opposite assertions.

Antecedent

In logic and grammar, an antecedent is the first part of a conditional statement, the "if" portion, determining the conditions under which the subsequent statement holds true.

Conditional

Relating to a statement or proposition that expresses a condition, often formulated as "if-then" statements.