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Engl 320: Discourse Analysis Question Paper

Engl 320: Discourse Analysis

Course:Bachelor Of Education Arts

Institution: Kabarak University question papers

Exam Year:2013

KABARAK
UNIVERSITY

UNIVERSITY EXAMINATIONS
2012/2013 ACADEMIC YEAR
FOR THE DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF EDUCATION ARTS

ENGL 320: DISCOURSE ANALYSIS

DAY: WEDNESDAY

DATE: 7/08/2013
TIME: 9.00 – 11.00 A.M.
STREAM: Y3S2
NSTRUCTIONS:

INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES

1. Answer Question 1 and 2 other questions in the answer booklet provided.
2. Clearly indicate which question you are answering.
3. Write neatly and legibly.
4. Edit your work for language and grammar errors.

Section A:

1. Define the following terms:
a. Discourse analysis

( 2 marks)
b. Text

(2 marks)

c. Identify and explain five types of illocutionary speech acts. Give examples to
illustrate your answer.

(10 Marks)

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Read the following extract and answer the questions that follow:

Research on effects of Media violence

Many Studies, Many Conclusions
1
Andrea Martinez at the University of Ottawa conducted a comprehensive review
of the scientific literature for the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications
Commission (CRTC) in 1994. She concluded that the lack of consensus about media
effects reflects three "grey areas" or constraints contained in the research itself.
2
First, media violence is notoriously hard to define and measure. Some experts
who track violence in television programming, such as George Gerbner of Temple
University, define violence as the act (or threat) of injuring or killing someone,
independent of the method used or the surrounding context.
3
Accordingly, Gerber includes cartoon violence in his data-set. But others, such as
University of Laval professors Guy Paquette and Jacques de Guise, specifically exclude
cartoon violence from their research because of its comical and unrealistic presentation.
(Source: Research on the Effects of Media Violence. Published on the World Wide Web:
http://www.media-awareness.ca. © 2004 Media Awareness Network. All rights
reserved. Date of access: 2004-11-10. Modified.)

d. How has cohesion been achieved in this extract

(12 marks)
e. How has coherence been achieved in this task?

(4 marks)

Section B:

2a. Discuss the differences between spoken and written language (12 marks)

2b. Distinguish between discourse topic and sentence topic.
(8 marks)

3. In the following question, identify the Maxim of Conversation that has been
violated, describe the Maxim of Conversation and explain why you say it has been
violated.
a. Class, in order to obtain a distinction in this subject you simply need to write
anything on the answer booklet and you will get full marks.
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b. Lecturer: Why have you missed all the classes presented this semester?
Student: It is raining.
c. Student: When can I see the Head of Department about my admission for 2013?
Administrator: Soon.
d. Sue completed her Diploma in 2009, sat for her KCSE in 2006 and is currently
completing her Bachelor of Education degree. (20 marks)

4a. Distinguish between locutionary, illocutionary and perlocutionary speech acts. Use
examples to illustrate your answer.

(10 marks)

4b Distinguish between the transactional view of language and the interactional view of
language .

(6 marks)
4c) How is information structured in discourse?

(4 marks)

5. Write brief notes on the following terms:
a. Ellipsis

(4 marks)
b. Reference

(4 marks)
c. Conjunction

(3 marks)
d. discuss the three types of coherence

(9 marks )

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