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Sociolinguistics Question Paper

Sociolinguistics 

Course:Bachelor Of Education English

Institution: Kenyatta University question papers

Exam Year:2009



KENYATTA UNIVERSITY
UNIVERSITY EXAMINATIONS 2008/2009
SECOND SEMESTER EXAMINATION FOR THE DEGREE OF BACHELOR
OF ARTS AND BACHELOR OF EDUCATION
AEN 403: SOCIOLINGUISTICS

DATE: Wednesday 19th August, 2009
TIME: 11.00 a.m. ? 1.00 p.m.


INSTRUCTIONS
Answer question ONE and any other TWO questions.
QUESTION ONE
- (30 marks)
a)
What is a register? Give appropriate
examples.
[5
marks]
b)
Discuss variation according to:
(i)
Social
class

(ii)
Ethnicity






[15 marks]
c)
Discuss two possible causes of sex varieties in language.
[10 marks]
QUESTION TWO
-
(20 marks)
Discuss the sociolinguistic implications of multilingualism in Kenya and East Africa.
QUESTION THREE -
(20 marks)
(a)
What
is
a
Dialect?
[5
marks]
(b)
Discuss the concept of ?Standard
Dialect?
[15
marks]
QUESTION FOUR -
(20 marks)
Briefly explain the following concepts giving appropriate examples:
(i)
Language domain
(ii)
Repertoire
(iii)
Accent
(iv)
Idiolect
(v)
Lingua franca
QUESTION FIVE
Account for the development of pidgins and creoles showing clearly why they are
considered to be simpler than the dominant languages on which they are based.

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