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Aen 402:English Semantics And Pragmatics Question Paper

Aen 402:English Semantics And Pragmatics

Course:Bachelor Of Arts

Institution: Kenyatta University question papers

Exam Year:2017

KENYATTA UNIVERSITY
UNIVERSITY EXAMINATIONS 2016/2017
SECOND SEMESTER EXAMINATION FOR THE DEGREE OF BACHELORS OF ARTS
AEN 402:ENGLISH SEMANTICS AND PRAGMATICS
DATE:Tuesday 9th May 2017 Time:8:00 am-10:00am
INSTRUCTIONS:
ANSWER QUESTION ONE AND ANY OTHER TWO

Question one
a)Briefly describe the interaction between semantics and pragmatics (4marks)
b)Explain three types of meaning in semantics (6marks)
c)Identify types of arguments underlined in the propositions below
i)Sir Galahad kicked the ball towards the crowd
ii)Ezekiel lives in Toronto
iii)Deveny donated several books to the library (3marks)
d)Distinguish between:
i) sentence and utterance
ii)presupposition and implicature (4 marks)
e)Identify and define the sense relations that hold in the following cases.
i)sow-a female deer and sow-to plant seeds
ii)soared and sawed
iii)Chair a piece of furniture; chair -to be in charge of (meeting) and chair -electric chair
-(execution)
iv)Food, kales ,pork and fish
v)Doctor-patient (5marks)
f)Briefly explain how prototype Theory accounts for the meaning of lexemes (5marks)
g)Describe the use of deictic elements in pragmatics (3marks)

Question Two
A)Using appropriate examples show that morphemes, lexemes and sentence forms are the basic units of a semantic analysis (14marks)

b)Explain three felicity conditions that an illocutionary act has to fulfill to achieve its effect (6marks)

Question Three
a)Using appropriate examples, distinguish between sense denotion and reference (12marks)

b)Using examples, discuss the different classes of antonyms in language (8 marks)

Question Four
a)Define the term politeness as used in pragmatics. (4 marks)

b)Explain ways in which Brown and Levinsons (1987) Politeness can save face for others in an interaction (16 marks)

Question Five
a)Explain how Grices (1975) cooperative principles can be flouted in a conversation (12 marks)

b)Use the componential analysis technique to distinguish the meaning of the word 'man' from
'mare' (8marks)

Aen 402:English Semantics And Pragmatics Question Paper

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