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Sociolinguistics  Question Paper

Sociolinguistics  

Course:Bachelor Of Education English

Institution: Kenyatta University question papers

Exam Year:2009



KENYATTA UNIVERSITY
UNIVERSITY EXAMINATIONS 2009/2010
FIRST SEMESTER EXAMINATION FOR THE DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF
ARTS

AEN 403: SOCIOLINGUISTICS

DATE: Wednesday 30th December, 2009 TIME: 2.00 p.m. ? 4.00 p.m.

INSTRUCTIONS
Answer QUESTIONS ONE and any TWO others.

1.
With suitable examples from any language explain what you understand by the following terminologies:
a)
Register
b)
Diglossia
c)
Accent
d)
Style
e)
Repertoire
f)
Language domain
[5 marks each]
2.
What is your understanding of the following?
a)
Dialect
b)
Standard language
[10 marks each]
3.
Define four parameters of a speech community. [20 marks]
4.
With suitable examples show how upcountry Kiswahili or (Koine Kiswahili) differs from standard Kiswahili in the following areas:-
a) Vocabulary
b) Grammar
[10 marks each]
5.
Account for the history of language planning in Kenya 1964 ? 1974.




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