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Aen 301 Discourse Analysis Question Paper

Aen 301 Discourse Analysis

Course:Bachelor Of Education

Institution: Kenyatta University question papers

Exam Year:2008

KENYATTA UNIVERSITY
UNIVERSITY EXAMINATIONS 2007/2008
INSTITUTE OF OPEN LEARNING
SUPPLEMENTARY/SPECIAL EXAMINATION FOR THE DEGREE OF
BACHELOR OF EDUCATION

AEN 301: DISCOURSE ANALYSIS

DATE:
Thursday 9th October 2008

TIME: 3.00pm-5.00pm

INSTRUCTIONS: Answer question ONE and any other TWO questions
1.
Explain the structural organization of the following Discourse extract using each
of the following categories.
(a)
Transaction, and Act, according to the Birmingham school model of
Discourse Analysis.
(b)
Topic and Topic shift; and Conversational Phases according to
Sociological Conversational Analysis (CA).
(c)
Halliday and Hasan?s (1976) Lexical cohesion.

(30marks)
THE TEXT
(Rhoda and Monica, KU students are waiting for a 2-4pm class)
RHODA:
Things are very tough here in KU.
MONICA:
In KU here things can be bad. I had to discontinue my Semester last year.
RHODA:
Eh! Then what happened to you?
MONICA:
That is why I am here to fill the gaps
?????? (Pause)?..

By the way what are your units of Study?
RHODA:
CRE, History.
MONICA:
Ah! I have a friend who was my year mate. She did CRE and she was
good. She would do her research in the Internet and get very good
arguments.
RHODA:
Eh! That is the person I would like to meet.
MONICA:
I?ll ring her but I do not have credit.

1
RHODA:
Here is the phone I have credit.

(Monica picks up Rhoda?s phone and rings her friend)
MONICA:
(On phone call) Hi. How is your free August? Imagine I am at KU. Please

could we meet on Saturday 30th August 2003? I have my new found

friend. I would like you to meet her. She is worth meeting.
PHONE ANSWER:
(It?s okay. Where and at what time?)
MONICA:

In front of Stanchart at 10.00am, tomorrow.
PHONE ANSWER:
(Bye God bless you).
MONICA:
The deal is made Rhoda. We?ll meet her. She will be of great help to you.
RHODA:
thank you so much Rhoda. That is why friends are there for one another.
2.
Distinguish and discuss each of the following assumptions/properties of
Discourse analysis.

(a)
Discourse occurs in context.

(b)
Discourse is context sensitive.
(c)
Discourse
is
supra-sentential regardless of size

(d)
Discourse has a topic and information structure

(20marks)
3.
Using examples drawn from the text/discourse extract I Question 1 above
illustrate your answer, distinguish between spoken and written discourse using
each of the following notion.
(a)
Primary
function
(b)
Lexical
items
(c)
Online
processing
(d)
Non-fluency
features
(20marks)
4.
Using any THREE of Searle?s Categories of Illocutionary Acts discuss the views
that there is always overlapping in the sentences/utterances that participant in
discourse
use.
(20marks)
5.
Using any three of Grice?s Maxims of Conversion explain what is meant to say
that Maxims may be flouted for a purpose.

(20marks)

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