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English Semantics And Pragmatics  Question Paper

English Semantics And Pragmatics  

Course:Bachelor Of Education English

Institution: Kenyatta University question papers

Exam Year:2008



KENYATTA UNIVERSITY
UNIVERSITY EXAMINATIONS 2007/2008
INSTITUTIONAL BASED PROGRAM
EXAMINATION FOR THE DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF ARTS AND BACHELOR OF
EDUCATION
AEN 402: ENGLISH SEMANTICS & PRAGMATICS
DATE: MONDAY, 7TH JULY 2008
TIME: 8.00 A.M. ? 10.00 A.M.

INSTRUCTIONS: Answer Question one and any other two questions.


1.
a)
With an example for each distinguish between the following:
i)
Etic and Epic word.
ii)
Entailment and Contradiction
iii)
Agent and Theme
(12 marks)
b)
Using suitable examples from a language that you know (except English), explain how the following factors influence sentence interpretation.
i)
Setting (6 marks)
ii)
Beliefs and Attitudes (7 marks)
2.
State and explain any five types of meaning. Use one English example to illustrate each meaning type. (15 marks)
3.
Describe four congruence relations. (15 marks)
4.
Discuss the four maxims which participants in a conversation are claimed to obey. (15 marks)
5.
Describe three types of acts proposed by Austin?s Speech Acts Theory. (15 marks)




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