Aks 608: Discourse Analysis Question Paper
Aks 608: Discourse Analysis
Course:Master Of Arts
Institution: Kenyatta University question papers
Exam Year:2010
DATE: WEDNESDAY, 24TH NOVEMBER 2010 TIME: 9.00 A.M. - 12.00 P.M.
INSTRUCTIONS: Answer any FOUR questions.
1.
Using appropriate illustrations, discuss types of context as exemplified by
Cutting (2002).
2.
?Languages and situation are inseparable? (Stubb, 1983). Discuss this statement and
give relevant examples.
3.
Distinguish between each of the following pairs of concepts and give an example in each
case:
i)
Discourse markers and lexical patterning
ii)
Preferred and dispreferred adjacency pairs
iii)
Local management system and transition relevant place
iv)
Illocution and perlocution
4.
Outline Sinclair and Coulthard?s model of discourse analysis and show its strengths and
weaknesses.
5.
Using the elements listed below explain the role of pragmatics in the interpretation of
discourse:
i)
Presupposition
ii)
Conversational implicature
iii)
Exophoric reference
iv)
The principle of local interpretation and analogy
6.
Compare the major principles of Critical Discourse Analysis (CDA) and Discursive
Psychology (DP)
7.
Explain and evaluate Halliday and Hassan?s approach to cohesion.
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