Lang 410: Social Linguistics Question Paper
Lang 410: Social Linguistics
Course:Education
Institution: Kenya Methodist University question papers
Exam Year:2012
KENYA METHODIST UNIVERSITY
END OF 3''RD ''TRIMESTER 2012 (SB) EXAMINATIONS
FACULTY : EDUCATION AND SOCIAL SCIENCES
DEPARTMENT : EDUCATION
UNIT CODE : LANG 410
UNIT TITLE : SOCIAL LINGUISTICS
TIME : 2 HOURS
Instructions:
Answer three questions''''''.
Question One
"Sociolinguistics has no relevance to Kenyan language teachers." Discuss the veracity of this statement. (20 marks)
Question Two
Differentiate between language birth and language death.
Explain the causes of language shift.
(20 marks)
Question Three
"There are many factors which determine decision making in language planning in Kenya" Critically discuss the ideologies that are taken into consideration in language planning. (20 marks)
Question Four
Differentiate very clearly between the under listed concepts in sociolinguistics.
National language
(5 marks)
Official language
(5 marks)
Language death
(5 marks)
Language Birth.
(5 marks)
Question Five
"when several isoglosses coincide, the result is called a dialect." Discuss what is a dialect. (20 marks)
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