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English Semantics And Pragmatics Question Paper

English Semantics And Pragmatics

Course:Bachelor Of Education English

Institution: Kenyatta University question papers

Exam Year:2008

KENYATTA UNIVERSITY
UNIVERSITY EXAMINATIONS 2007/2008
INSTITUTE OF OPEN LEARNING
EXAMINATION FOR THE DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF ARTS

AEN 402: ENGLISH SEMANTICS AND PRAGMATICS
DATE: Wednesday 9th January 2008

TIME: 10.30am ? 12.30pm
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INSTRUCTIONS
Answer Section A and one question from each of Sections B and C.

Section A
1.
Answer questions I-v below (30 marks)
(i)
Using appropriate labels analyse the sentence below in two ways: 1. Grammatically 2. Semantically
NB: Write each sentence twice.
(ii)
What is passivisation? Explain your answer with the aid of two pairs of unmarked and marked sentences.
(iii)
With the aid of suitable examples describe affective meaning.
(iv)
Differentiate between intrinsic modality and extrinsic modality.
(v)
Explain the meaning of each one of the following terms:
a)
Locutionary act
b)
Illocutionary act
c)
Perlocutionary act

Section B.
2.
Answer both (a) and (b), (20 marks)
(a)
Describe how semantics is related to linguistics.
(b)
Identify and describe the functions of language
3.
Discuss behaviourism as theory of semantics.

Section C.
4.
Answer both (a) and (b), (20 marks)
(a)
Using two different examples for each, distinguish between semantic meaning and pragmatic meaning.
(b)
Describe presupposition. Illustrate your answer appropriately.
5.
Identify searle?s categories of illocutionary acts, and then describe any three of them in detail.

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