Aen 301 Discourse Analysis Question Paper
Aen 301 Discourse Analysis
Course:Bachelor Of Education
Institution: Kenyatta University question papers
Exam Year:2009
KENYATTA UNIVERSITY
UNIVERSITY EXAMINATIONS 2008/2009
INSTITUTE OF OPEN LEARNING (IOL)
EXAMINATION FOR THE DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF EDUCATION
AEN 301: DISCOURSE ANALYSIS
DATE: Thursday
13th
August
2009
TIME: 8.00am-10.00am
INSTRUCTIONS
Answer question ONE and any TWO questions.
1.
Study the Discourse Extract given below and then answer questions 1. (a) -1(d)
Discourse
Extract
A:
Try the University bookshop up the street
B:
You haven?t no no?
A:
Can I help you?
B:
Um have you by any chance got anything by Chinua Achebe?
A: Good
day
B:
University bookshop up the street. OK. Thank you.
A:
I am awfully sorry, we haven?t
B:
OK. Do you?.do you?know ?do you know any book store around that could
?. Yah?. could have?
A:
We haven?t no no
B:
Thank you, good day too.
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a)
Rearrange the saying to make a coherent text.
[8marks]
b)
Draw four examples from the text to explain the features of spoken
discourse.
i)
at
the
lexical
level
[4marks]
ii)
at
the
level
of
syntax
[4marks]
c)
Briefly explain the context of situation of this discourse extract using the
notions: participants, setting, and purpose.
[6marks]
d)
Draw two examples from the discourse extract to explain Grice?s maxim
of quantity
[2marks]
2.
Using examples in each case explain
i)
The Birmingham School Approach to the structure of an exchange.
ii)
Austin?s
three
speech
acts.
[23marks]
3.
Discuss briefly the main distinction between the sociological approach and
conversational analysis approach in the study of discourse.
[23marks]
4.
a)
Explain three main differences between spoken discourse and written
discourse.
[12marks]
b)
Show the relation between linguistic form and discourse function.
[11marks]
5.
Identify and explain two broad categories of cohesive devices that occur in
written
discourse.
[23marks]
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