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Aen 525: Language And Culture Question Paper

Aen 525: Language And Culture 

Course:Master Of Arts

Institution: Kenyatta University question papers

Exam Year:2008



KENYATTA UNIVERSITY
UNIVERSITY EXAMINATIONS 2007/2008
SECOND SEMESTER EXAMINATION FOR THE DEGREE OF MASTER OF
ARTS
AEN 525: LANGUAGE AND CULTURE

DATE: Wednesday 11th June, 2008
TIME: 2.00 p.m. ? 5.00 p.m.

INSTRUCTIONS
Answer question ONE and any other TWO.

1.
(i)
Explain the term ?ethnography of communication? showing its
particularistic and generalizing foci.


[9 marks]

(ii)
Delimit the scope and focus of the discipline in (i).
[9 marks]

(iii)
Describe any two principals concerns of the discipline.
[12 marks]
2.
Explain the notions: language, culture and thought bringing out their
interrelatedness.






[20 marks]
3.
Describe the principal theses of the Sapir. Whorf hypothesis and indicate why it
is indefensible today.





[20 marks]
4.
How are the claims of linguistic and cultural relativism affected by the study of
meaning in terms of:

(i)
Components





[10 marks]

(ii)
Prototypes?





[10 marks]
5.
Describe any three processes through which children acquire communicative
competence according to ethnography of communication.
[20 marks]

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