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Aks 608: Discourse Analysis Question Paper

Aks 608: Discourse Analysis

Course:Master Of Arts

Institution: Kenyatta University question papers

Exam Year:2010

DATE: WEDNESDAY, 24TH NOVEMBER 2010 TIME: 9.00 A.M. - 12.00 P.M.

INSTRUCTIONS: Answer any FOUR questions.

1.
Using appropriate illustrations, discuss types of context as exemplified by

Cutting (2002).
2.
?Languages and situation are inseparable? (Stubb, 1983). Discuss this statement and

give relevant examples.
3.
Distinguish between each of the following pairs of concepts and give an example in each

case:

i)
Discourse markers and lexical patterning

ii)
Preferred and dispreferred adjacency pairs

iii)
Local management system and transition relevant place

iv)
Illocution and perlocution
4.
Outline Sinclair and Coulthard?s model of discourse analysis and show its strengths and

weaknesses.
5.
Using the elements listed below explain the role of pragmatics in the interpretation of

discourse:

i)
Presupposition

ii)
Conversational implicature

iii)
Exophoric reference

iv)
The principle of local interpretation and analogy
6.
Compare the major principles of Critical Discourse Analysis (CDA) and Discursive

Psychology (DP)

7.
Explain and evaluate Halliday and Hassan?s approach to cohesion.

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