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Advanced Theoretical Studies In Grammar Question Paper

Advanced Theoretical Studies In Grammar

Course:Bachelor Of Education English

Institution: Kenyatta University question papers

Exam Year:2006

KENYATTA UNIVERSITY
UNIVERSITY EXAMINATIONS 2006/2007
SELF SPONSORED PROGRAMMES
EXAMINATION FOR THE DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF ARTS
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DATE:
Friday 29th December, 2006
TIME: 8.00 a.m. - 12.00 noon
INSTRUCTIONS
Answer Question 1 and two others.
Ql.
(a)
Determine the word class of the underlined word in the text below and state the criterion/criteria advanced by structural linguists that may be used to account for the classification. [6 marks]
The text
Right from the onset, I want to make one thing quite clear: I have never had the privilege ofland ownership and I have only once owned a cow - a white, long homed animal I affectionately name who was a gift and who in a way or other, grew alongside me.
(b)
Clearly state the criticism(s) advanced by structural grammarians towards the traditional grammarians' effort at classifying:
(i)
Pronouns
(ii)
Adverbs
(iii)
Adjectives.
[6 marks]
(c)
State and illustrate the contribution of the Traditional Grammar theory towards the analysis of sentences. [8 marks]
Q2.
Use the clause below to construct sentences (a) - (e) clearly explaining the transformations applying in each sentence.
The clause
He is building a house
(a)
Negative sentence
(b)
Interrogative sentence
(c)
Passive sentence
(d)
Cleft sentence
(e)
Thematic fronting
[15 marks]
Q3.
(a)
Explain and exemplify the following claims within the x-bar theoretical framework. [10 marks]
(i)
x-bar replaces a large number of idiosyncratic re-write rules with general cross-categorial principles.
(ii)
Specifier and complement are functional categories.
(iii)
Every phrase is a maximal projection of its Head (x).
(iv)
Every phrase has lexical category level.
(b)
Analyse the following phrases using the x-bar theoretical approach. [5 marks]
(i)
quite suspended
(ii)
man
(iv)
very quickly always
(v)
rarely out of mind
(vi)
not eat tomatoes
Q4.
(a)
According to Chomsky, an ideal grammar must have observational adequacy, descriptive adequac~ and explanatory adequacy. Explain this statement with illustrations. [9 marks]
(b)
Explain and exemplify Chomsky's notions of deep and surface structures. [6 marks]
Q5.
Outline the main principles of Halliday's Functional Grammar. [15 marks]

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