NATIONAL OPEN UNIVERSITY OF NIGERIA

Faculty of Arts

Department of Languages

2019_1 EXAMINATION

 
COURSE CODE:    ENG352
COURSE TITLE:   DISCOURSE ANALYSIS
CREDIT UNITS:    3
TIME ALLOWED: 3 HOURS
 
INSTRUCTION: Answer any three questions. An additional mark will be awarded for clarity
of expression
 
1. (a) How is discourse different from discourse analysis?
(b) Elaborately discuss with examples Monologue, Dialogue, Written discourse, and Multilogue
(23 Marks/1 hour)
2. (a) With copious examples, state and discuss five sense relations
(b) Write shorts notes on the following concepts:
(i) Conversational Analysis:
(ii)Turn-taking:
(iii)Theme:
(iv) Rheme:
(iv) Plane Change:
(23 Marks/1 hour)
3. Write notes on:
(i) Speech Act in Discourse analysis
(ii) The Cooperative Principle
(iii) Ethnography of speaking and its components
(23 Marks/1 hour)
 
4. Discuss the assertion that the overall goal of any Discourse Analysis is to explain how language users construct and interpret meaning.                                         (23 Marks/1 hour)

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NATIONAL OPEN UNIVERSITY OF NIGERIA

PLOT 91, CADASTRAL ZONE, JABI, ABUJA

FACULTY OF ARTS

DEPARTMENT OF LANGUAGES

2018_2 EXAMINATION

 
COURSE CODE:     ENG352
COURSE TITLE:    DISCOURSE ANALYSIS
CREDIT UNITS:     3
TIME ALLOWED:  3 HOURS
 
INSTRUCTION: ANSWER THREE (3) QUESTIONS IN ALL. An extra mark will be awarded for good grammatical sentences
 
1.     The overall goal of any Discourse Analysis is to explain how language users construct and interpret meaning. Discuss
(23 marks/60 minutes)
2.     Discuss the following terms associated with Discourse Analysis:
a.       collocation  b. cohesion c. turn taking d. conversation
(23 marks/60 minutes)
 
3.     With copious examples, state and discuss five sense relations.
(23 marks/60 minutes)
 
4.      (a) How is discourse different from discourse analysis?
(b) Elaborately discuss with examples Monologue, Dialogue, Written discourse, and Multilogue
(23 marks/60 minutes)

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NATIONAL OPEN UNIVERSITY OF NIGERIA

PLOT 91, CADASTRAL ZONE, JABI, ABUJA

FACULTY OF ARTS

DEPARTMENT OF LANGUAGES

JULY EXAMINATION 2018

COURSE CODE: ENG 352
COURSE TITLE: DISCOURSE ANALYSIS
CREDIT UNITS:   3
TIME ALLOWED: 2 HOURS
INSTRUCTION: Answer Any 3 Questions, Each question carries 23 marks (Your correct use of language elements will earn you additional 1 mark for each question attempted.)
1.       “The fact that Speech Act Theory has been useful in Discourse Analysis cannot be underestimated. However, it has been frequently criticised because of its inability to account for the indirect speech acts”. Comment on this submission.
(23 marks, 40 minutes)
 
2.      Do an assessment of the Grice’s Cooperative Principle and its shortcomings.
(23 marks, 40 minutes)
 
3.      Explain the Ethnography of Speaking and Information Structure, discussing in detail, their components.
(23 marks, 40 minutes)
 
4.      Write short notes on the following:
 
i.                    Conversational Analysis
ii.                  Turn-Taking
iii.                Theme
iv.                Rheme
v.                  Plane Change
(23 marks, 40 minutes)

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NATIONAL OPEN UNIVERSITY OF NIGERIA,

PLOT 91, CADASTRAL ZONE, JABI, ABUJA

FACULTY OF ARTS

DEPARTMENT OF LANGUAGES

JANUARY/FEBRUARY 2018 EXAMINATION

 
COURSE CODE: ENG352
COURSE TITLE: DISCOURSE ANALYSIS
TIME ALLOWED: 3 HOURS
INSTRUCTION:Answer Any 3 Questions
 
 
1.            What is Discourse Analysis and what distinguishes its study from Formal Linguistics?
2.            “Discourse Analysis is a needless discipline, its uses and application is doubtful”. React to this assertion.
3.            Critically appraise the role of context in Discourse Analysis.
4.            Discourse is not neutral, rather, everything we say is ideologically loaded. To what extent is this assertion justifiable in the light of Critical Discourse Analysis (CDA)?
5.            What are the methodological, ethical and practical issues to be taken into consideration in conducting research in Discourse Analysis?
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NATIONAL OPEN UNIVERSITY OF NIGERIA,

PLOT 91, CADASTRAL ZONE, JABI, ABUJA

FACULTY OF ARTS

DEPARTMENT OF LANGUAGES

JULY, 2017 EXAMINATION

 
COURSE CODE: ENG352
COURSE TITLE: DISCOURSE ANALYSIS
CREDIT UNIT: 3
TIME ALLOWED: 2 HOURS
INSTRUCTION:Answer Any 3 Questions(Your correct use of language elements will earn you additional 3 marks for each question attempted.)
1.      What is the relationship between text and context in Discourse Analysis? (20 marks)
2.      (a) What is the importance of turn taking in DA?
(b) Discuss, with a minimum of two examples, what you understand by adjacency pairsin DA.
3.      If you are given a topic like this: “The best president Nigeria ever had”, what tools will you employ to easily achieve lexical cohesion in your discourse?
4.      (a) Give a brief note on each of Grice’s maxims. (5 marks)
(b) Discuss its applicability in modern Y2K age. (5 marks)
(c) Do you think the text below is violating any of Grice’s Maxim?
If yes, which of them. (You can choose more than one, if applicable)
 
Two homo sapiens, one male one female, ascended a certain geological protuberance to collect a hybrid of oxygen whose quantity is not specified. One member descends dramatically suffering mechanical damage to the cranial part of his anatomical structure. The second member follows the first in a series of rapid irregular disturbing movements.                                                                                                                                            (10 marks)
 
5.      “The general feeling of scholars in media and gender studies is that women are stereotyped in discourse, especially, in the media” (Rotimi 2010). Discuss.
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NATIONAL OPEN UNIVERSITY OF NIGERIA,

14/16 AHMADU BELLO WAY, VICTORIA ISLAND, LAGOS

SCHOOL OF ARTS AND SOCIAL SCIENCES

MARCH/APRIL 2014 EXAMINATION

 
COURSE CODE: ENG352
COURSE TITLE: DISCOURSE ANALYSIS
TIME ALLOWED: 2 HOURS
 
INSTRUCTION: Answer Any 3 Questions
 
1.         ‘Discourse Analysis is generally viewed as language above the sentence or clause’. Discuss                                                                                                      (23marks).
2.         Discuss the concept of cohesion and coherence.                                         (8marks)
Use the text below to explain the concept of cohesion and coherence. (15 marks)
Fighting erupted in  the House of Representatives on Tuesday when   seven governors loyal to the New Peoples Democratic Party visited  the House in Abuja.A member of the House  from Bayelsa State, Mr. Henry Ofongo, was punched and shoved repeatedly by his colleagues for daring to  oppose  the visit. His  jacket  was pulled off  by some members.Most of the members who crowded Ofongo, were from Kano State, including Mr. Aminu Suleiman, Mr. Baballe Murktar, Mr. Ali Madakaki and Mr. Ado Dogoa.
Mr. Dakuku Peterside and Andrew Uchendu, both from Rivers State, also shoved Ofongo, preventing him from moving close to the high table.In the ensuing fracas, other members , who were in solidarity with Ofongo, attempted to throw chairs.One of the lawmakers, who lifted a chair but was prevented from throwing it, was Mr. Ini Udoka from Akwa Ibom State.
Mr. Emmanuel Okon, also from Akwa Ibom State, joined the fighting on the side of Ofongo.Udoka and Okon, like Afongo,  are  pro- Bamanga Tukur-led  National Working Committee of the PDP lawmakers.
The governors in the New PDP that visited the lawmakers were  Aliyu Wamakko (Sokoto); Babangida Aliyu (Niger); Rabiu Kwankwaso (Kano); Rotimi Amaechi (Rivers); Sule Lamido (Jigawa); Murtala Nyako (Adamawa); and Abdul-Fatai Ahmed (Kwara).
They arrived the House  in company with the National Chairman of the New PDP, Alhaji Abubakar Baraje.The Speaker of the House, Mr. Aminu Tambuwal, and other principal officers received them in  Room 0.28.
Other principal officers in attendance were the Deputy Speaker, Mr. Emeka Ihedioha; the Majority Leader, Mrs. Mulikat Akande-Adeola; the Chief Whip, Mr. Ishaka Bawa;  the Deputy Leader, Mr. Leo Ogor; and  the Deputy Whip, Mr. Murktar Ahmed.
As Baraje was introduced and asked to state the purpose of their visit, Afongo stormed the venue with  Betty Apiafi (Rivers); Bethel Amadi (Imo); Kingsley Chinda (Rivers); Bitrus Kaze (Plateau).
Afongo shouted “point of order”, “point of order” and charged in the direction of the high table in a bid to register his protest. He said the meeting must not hold because he did not believe that many of the people at the venue were PDP members.
But, the pro-Baraje members stopped him, shoving and throwing punches in the process. Afongo too responded with punches.
(Culled from The Punch, September 18, 2013)
3.         Identify the Themes and Rhemes in the extract below. (23marks)
Soursop fruit is rich in fiber and vitamins. The content of dietary fiber in soursop reached 3.3 g per 100 g of fruit flesh. Consumption of 100 g of meat soursop fruit can meet 13 percent of the daily fiber requirement. Vitamins are the most dominant in soursop fruit is vitamin C, which is around 20 mg per 100 grams of fruit flesh. Requirement of vitamin C per person per day (ie 60 mg) can be met only by consuming 300 grams of meat soursop fruit.
 
Fiber is very good to help digestion and detoxification, while vitamin C is an antioxidant that is very good for boosting the immune system and slow the aging process (stay young). Soursop fruit contains very little fat (0.3 g/100 g), so it is good for health.
 
Soursop also contains phosphorus and calcium, respectively 27 and 14 mg per 100 g. Both minerals are important for the formation of bone mass that allows you to build strong bones and prevent osteoporosis. Soursop excellence lies in the content of sodium (sodium) is low (14 mg per 100 g), but high in potassium (potash), which is 278 mg per 100 g. Comparison of high potassium and sodium is very good for preventing hypertension.
 
4.         Fill the gap with the appropriate answer. (2marks each)
 
i. The primary medium of communication is ______ and _____
ii. The oldest form of language use is _____
iii. _____ is used in drama to know the thought of a character.
iv. _____ developed ethno-methodological approach.
v. ______ is a unit of conversation that contains an exchange of one turn each by
two speakers.
vi. The proponent of ethnography of communication is ________
vii.______ isthe smallest unit of the discourse structure.
viii. ‘Mary came here yesterday; she gave me some money.” ‘She’ is _____
reference.
ix. The omission of lexical item that is recoverable from the linguistic context of a
text is        _______
x. Another word for repetition is called ______
xi. Another word for logical implication is ______.
xii. ‘Avoid ambiguity’ is under the _____ maxim.
5.         Use the conversation below to illustrate your understanding of Grice’s Cooperative     Principle. (23 marks)
Emeka: Where’s Bulus?
Adiza: The control room or the science lab.
 
Ade: When are you coming home?
Adiza: I will codify that question to my superiors and respond at such a time as an adequate answer is preparable.
 
Ibrahim: You really love me?
Emeka: I like Ferris wheels, and college football, and things that go real fast.
 
Adiza: A lot of people are depending on you.
Ibrahim: Thanks, that really takes the pressure off.
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