LOYOLA COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), CHENNAI – 600 034

M.A. DEGREE EXAMINATION – ENGLISH LITERATURE

THIRD SEMESTER – APRIL 2011

EL 3808 – DISCOURSE ANALYSIS

 

 

Date : 06-04-2011             Dept. No.                                        Max. : 100 Marks

Time : 1:00 – 4:00

Part A

 

I  Answer the questions given below in about 75 words each                                               4 X 5 = 20

1. What is Implicature?
2. What is the relevance of Discourse analysis?
3. Write a short note on Grice’s CP.
4. What is Cohesion in Text?

II Answer any Two of the following in about 150 words each                                             2 X10 = 20

5. Explain any One Politeness Principle
6. What is the relationship between Form and Meaning?
7. Explain discourse as a manifestation of identity.

III Answer the following in about 300 words                                                                        (20 marks)

8. Explain Tact Maxim

(or)

Explain Flouting, Iinfringing and Suspending of CP

PART B

 

IV Write notes on any four of the following in not more than 75 words                              4 X 5 = 20

9. What is pragmatics? Give examples.
10. What is the basic difference between cohesion and coherence?
11. Explain illocutionary speech act with examples?
12. Illustrate the following terms with examples
13. Pidgin and Creole

b.Sociolect and Idiolect

13. What are the anaphoric expressions in this sentence?

Dr. Foster gave Andy some medicine after he told her about his headaches and she advised him   to  take the pills three times a day until the pain went away.

V Answer any one of the following in about 450 words                                                        1 X 20 = 20

14. What is deixis and explain the following deictic expressions with examples?
15. Person deixis
16. Spatial deixis
17. Temporal deixis
18. The codes elaborated and restricted are acquired through exposure to different speech mode.

Explain.

 

 

 

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