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Discourse Analysis Question Paper

Discourse Analysis

Course:Bachelor Of Education

Institution: Kenyatta University question papers

Exam Year:2007

KENYATTA UNIVERSITY
UNIVERSITY EXAMINATIONS 2007/2008
EXAMINATION FOR THE DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF EDUCATION
DATE: Thursday 3rd January, 2008 TIME: 8.00 a.m. - 10.00 a.m.
INSTRUCTIONS

Answer question ONE and any other TWO.

1. (a)Discuss the discourse analyst and the grammarian in terms of:
(i) Source of data for their analysis
(ii) Results of their analysis. [6 marks]

(b)Distinguish between transactional and interactional functions of language
giving examples. [8 marks]

(c)Exemplify grammatical and information structure of sentences.
[6 marks]

(d) Explain and illustrate five syntactic differences between the spoken and
written modes of discourse. [10 marks]

2. Explain and exemplify the pragmatic use of the following terms by a discourse
analyst:
(i) reference
(ii) implicature
(iii) preopposition
(iv) inference

3. (a) What is the 'context of the situation' in discourse? [5 marks]

(b) Describe and exemplify any five features of context showing how they
help in the interpretation of discourse. [15 marks]

4. (a)Illustrate the difference between cohesion and coherence.

(b)Describe and exemplify:
(i) microstructural and macrostructural coherence.
(ii) four instances of co-reference.
[4 marks]
[4 marks]
[12 marks]
5. (a)How did Austin classify sentences/statements and on what argument?
[3 marks]

(b) Describe and illustrate locutionary, illocutionary and perlocutionary acts
and: [9 marks]
(i) use linguistic and non-linguistic criteria to classify them.
(ii) exemplify the difference between perlocutionary object and
perlocutionary sequal. [5 marks

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