Ale B302:Discourse Analysis Question Paper
Ale B302:Discourse Analysis
Course:Bachelor Of Education
Institution: Pwani University question papers
Exam Year:2016
INSTRUCTIONS
Answer Question One and any other Two
Question One
a)With clear illustrations,discuss Searle''s five categories of illocutionary acts.(20marks)
b)Discuss any three features of spoken language. (6marks)
Question Two
Discuss the relationship between discourse analysis and conversational analysis from historical perspective. (22marks)
Question Three
a)What is your understanding of"context of situation" in discourse analysis? (6marks)
b)Discuss eight features of context as specified by Hymes(1964) (16marks)
Question Four
a)Define the term "Discourse Analysis. (6marks)
b)Discuss the following aspects of contextual description which are required in the analysis of discourse.(16 marks)
¡)Reference
¡¡)Presupposition
¡¡¡)Implicature
¡v)Inference
Question Five
a)Define the term"text" in discourse analysis.(6marks)
b)Discuss the notion of cohesion and its different manifestations in understanding text in discourse analysis. (16marks)
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