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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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