Discourse Analysis Question Paper

Discourse Analysis

Course:Bachelor Of Education

Institution: Kenyatta University question papers

Exam Year:2008

KENYATT A UNIVERSITY
UNIVERSITY EXAMINATIONS 2007/2008
SELF SPONSORED SCHOOL BASED PROGRAM
EXAMINATION FOR THE DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF EDUCATION
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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. [4 marks]
(b)
Describe and exemplify:
(i)
microstructural and macrostructural coherence. [4 marks]
(ii)
four instances of co-reference. [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:
(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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