Jinnah University for Women

MIDTRM Examination-2023
Department: English Class: BS-III FALL
Course Title: DISCOURSE ANALYSIS Date: 15-11-23
Course Code: ENG 3091 Time:1 hr
Course Incharge: SALMA NIAZI Marks: 20

NOTE: Attempt all questions.

1. Define discourse analysis and its significance in understanding communication patterns.

2. Explain the key differences between spoken and written discourse.
3. How does discourse analysis contribute to the study of contexts? Elucidate it.
4. The concepts of text and texture is crucial for achieving coherence, elabotae the importance of
Text and Texture.
5. One example of pragmatics in language would be if one person asked, "What do you want to
eat?" and another responded, "Ice cream is good this time of year." The second person did not
explicitly say what they wanted to eat, but their statement implies that they want to eat ice cream.
Semantic and Pragmatics are interrelated, explain it.