1. A sentence used to establish contact is an instance of which of the following functions of language

Denotative

Phatic

Emotive

Metalinguistic

2. Which of the following concepts are associated with Saussure

I. Syntagmatic
II. Synchronic
III. Universal grammar
IV. Signified
Codes

I and II only

II and IV only

II and III only

II and IV only
3. Which of the following are instances of functional categories
I. Adjective
II. Adverb
III. Subject
IV. Adjunct
Codes
I and IV

II and IV

II and III

III and IV
4. Find the correct order
I. Allophone
II. Allomorph
III. Morpheme
IV. Phoneme
Codes

I IV II III

II III IV I

III II I IV

I III II IV
5. Find the correct order
I. Panini
II. Jesperson
III. Saussure
IV. Halliday
Codes

I II IV III

I III II IV

I IV II III

I II III IV

6. Match the items in List I with List II and find the correct answer from the codes given below
List I List II
a. Prescriptive i. Purity
b. Special group ii. Logograph
c. Idea iii. Register
d. Language and thought iv. Sapir-Whorf
Codes
a b c d
i iii ii iv

i iii iv ii

i ii iii iv

i iv ii iii
7. Assertion Since language plays a role in various fields of human activity, the discipline of linguistics has a relevance for studying power relations among social groups.

Assertion Linguistics has no relevance for political studies.
Codes
Both and are true.

Both and are false.

is true, but is false.

is false, but is true.

8.
Assertion Since the spoken form of language is its primary form, modern linguistics is more scientific when compared to traditional linguistic studies.

Assertion Traditional linguistic studies paid more attention to written form of language.

Codes

Both and are false.


is true, but is false.


Both and are true.


is false, but is true.



9. Match the items in List I with those of List II and select the correct code from the codes given below

List I List II

a. Voiceless i. Glottis is narrowed and arytenoids are kept apart.

b.Glottal stop ii. Glottis is in vibration and arytenoids are kept tightly together.

c. Whisper iii. Glottis is closed and arytenoids are held together.

d.Creaky voice iv. Glottis is open and arytenoids are kept apart.

Codes
a b c d

iii i ii iv


iv iii i ii


ii iv iii i


i ii iv iii



10. Match the items of List I with those in List II and select the correct answer from the codes given below

List I List II
a.Chest-Pulse i. Stress

b.Movement of ii. Syllable velum

c.Reinforced iii. Voice chest pulse

d.Adjustment iv. Nasality of glottis

Codes
a b c d

i ii iii iv


ii iv i iii


iii i ii iv


iv iii ii i


11.
Assertion In the articulation of laterals the central part of the tongue is in contact and there is close approximation.

Assertion In the articulation of r-sounds sides of the tongue are in contact and there is open approximation.


Codes

is true and is false.


is false and is true.


Both and are false.


Both and are true.



12. Tone is the property of a

Sentence


Phoneme


Word


Feature



13. The consonants at the word junctions in the words and 'this sunday' are

long consonants


single consonants


clusters


double consonants



14. Semi vowels are related to vowels in the same way as nasals and liquids are related to syllabic nasals and liquids. The difference lies in the value for the feature

Sonorant


Consonantal


Voiced


Syllabic



15. The process of segment deletion in the initial position of a word is known as

Prothesis


Aphesis


Apocope


Syncope



16. Choose the correct pair from the following
I. Onset and coda are optional parts of a syllable.
II. Onset and coda are obligatory parts of a syllable.
III. Nucleus is the optional part of a syllable.
IV. Nucleus is the obligatory part of a syllable.

Codes

Both I and IV are true.


Both I and IV are false.


Both I and III are true.


Both II and III are false.



17. A clitic is a form of word which
a.is optionally a bound morpheme in its use.

b.is highly predictable for its meaning.

c.has its full form elsewhere in the language.

d.it can occur before or after the word.

Codes

only a and b are correct.


only c and d are correct.


All the above are correct.


None of the above is correct.



18. An example of circum fix must ensure that

two or more affixes are attached to the existing word in succession i.e. one by one


two affixes are added simultaneously to the existing word


only suffixes are added on both sides of the word


no a ffixation is required at all


19. Match the following in List I with List II and select the correct answer from the codes given below

List I List II

a. Zero i. a conjugated morpheme form of verb in the sentence

b. Delexicali- ii. bleaching of zation meaning of the word

c. Finite verb iii. form, but no meaning

d. Empty iv. meaning, but no morpheme form

Codes
a b c d

ii iv i iii


iv ii i iii


i ii iv iii


iv iii ii i


20. If a language has 'grammatical gender' it may imply that

a. it will have no 'natural gender'.

b. it will have specific gender for every object.

c. the grammatical gender can be decoded from the verb agreement.

d. language users will immediately assign a specific gender for a newly formed created word.

Codes

only a is correct.


All are correct.


d are correct.


None of the above is correct.



21. In which theory the notions of dominance and precedence are incorporated

Government and Binding theory


X-bar theory


Phrase structure grammar


I.C. analysis



22. 1995 model of Chomsky is called

Minimalist programme


Standard theory


Phrase structure grammar


Theta theory



23. The term used in linguistic theory to represent the evaluation of levels of success in the writing of grammar is

Decision


Discovery


Adequacy


Acceptable



24. Choose the correct order

Morphology Syntax Semantics Phonology


Phonology Morphology Syntax Semantics


Phonology Semantics Morphology Syntax


Phonology Syntax Semantics Morphology



25. Which is the grammatical model of Chomsky that incorporates Case grammar and Traditional grammar

Phrase Structure Grammar


Finite State Grammar


Standard Theory


Government and Binding Theory



26. The concept of Diglossia was given by

Charles A. Ferguson


Peter E. Hook


Joshua A. Fishman


Dell Hymes


27. In which theory participants in an action are referred as 'arguments'

Theta theory


Government theory


Binding theory


Standard theory


28. A signal is communicative

If it is intended by the sender to make the receiver aware of something of which he has not been previously aware.


If it is intended by the sender to make the receiver aware of something which he has been previously aware.


If it is intended by the receiver to make the sender aware of something which is familiar to the sender.


If it is intended by the sender to make the receiver aware of something which is familiar to the receiver.


29.
Assertion A generic sentence is a sentence in which some statement is made about a whole unrestricted class of individuals, as opposed to any particular individual.

Assertion The whole is a mammal is a generic sentence.
Codes

Both and are true.


Both and are false.


is true, but is false.


is false, but is true.


30. Assertion A proposition is an act of proposing something but not usually performed by uttering some sentence.

Assertion A proposition is the abstract meaning of a declarative sentence, when that sentence is used to make an assertion.
Codes

Both and are false.


Both and are true.


is false and is true.


is true and is false.


31. Semantics in 1965 model of Chomsky is known as

Generative Semantics


Interpretive Semantics


Productive Semantics


Derivative Semantics


32. Assertion Reduplication and echo-formation are two characteristics associated with south Asian languages.

Assertion A reduplicated expression may impart meaning entirely different from its non reduplicated counterpart.

Codes

Both and are true.


Both and are false.


is true and is false.


is true and is false.


33. Assertion Verb-medial languages such as English and French have pre positions that occur to the left of the noun.

Assertion All verb-final south Asian languages have post positions that follow the noun.

Codes

Both and are false.


Both and are true.


is true and is false.


is true and is false.


34. Match the items from List I with those in List II and select the correct items from the codes given below

List I List II

a. Western Tibeto- i. Bodo-Garo Burman branch

b. Bodish ii. Balti

c. North-East iii. Kinnauri, Indian Tibeto-Lahuli Burman group

d. Himachal Pradesh iv. Bodish T-B group Himalayan subgroups

Codes
a b c d

iv ii i iii


iii ii i iv


ii i iii iv


i ii iii iv


35. Mon-Khmer and Munda are two principal groups of

Indo Aryan


Dravadian


Austro Asiatic


Tibeto Burman


36. The Dravadian language spoken in the Baluchistan province of Pakistan and to a lesser extent in Sind is

Brahui


Kurukh (Kurux)


Dhangar Kurukh


Kolami



37. The old Indo Aryan stage is said to extend from

1500 BCE to 600 BCE


600 BCE to 1000 CE


600 BCE to 200 BCE


200 BCE to 200 CE



38. In some languages words typically contain a linear sequence of MORPH, and therefore these languages are known as

ISOLATING


AGGLUTINATING


INFLECTIONAL


None of the above



39.
Assertion General modern literature on the Neo­grammarian doctrine assumes that its central propositions that sound change is regular and that it is purely phonetically conditioned are independent.

Assertion It has been claimed by numerous authors that both propositions are false.
Codes

is right, is false.


is right, is false.


Both and are false.


Both and are right.


40. In the reduplication, which forms the perfect tense in both Greek and Sanskrit, if the consonant is aspirated, the prepended consonant is unaspirated. This sound change is covered under

Grimm's Law


Grassmann's Law


Neogrammarian doctrine


None of the above


41. The re-arranging of sounds or syllables in a word or of words in a sentence is known as

Alternation


Metathesis


Assimilation


Spoonerism


42. The pioneer scholar of social stratification of English is

Edward Sapir


D. Bolinger


William Labov


Ronald Wardhaugh


43. Who is associated with the concept of 'communicative competence'

F.De. Saussure


Noam Chomsky


Dell Hymes


William Bright




44. In traditional dialectology the fieldwork methodology of data collection involved the deliberate selection of

mobile, rural, older people


non-mobile, older people, rural people


rural, non-mobile, young males


non-mobile, urban, old people



45. The substitution of a semantically inappropriate word, usually by a phonetically similar one is known as

Spoonarism


Metathesis


Malapropism


Assimilation



46. Connectionism is the mental processing inspired by the physical connections among brain cells. It is known as

Parallel distributed processing


Serial processing


Split brain operation


Localationism



47.
Assertion The styles associated with particular activities are called registers.

Assertion Various occupations, area of study, sports and recreational pursuits have their own Jargon.

Codes

Both and are true.


is true, but is false.


Both and are false.


is false, but is true.



48. The term diagraph refers to

A pair of sounds representing a phoneme.


A pair of letters representing a grapheme.


A pair of letters representing a phoneme.


A pair of phones representing a grapheme.



49. Autism is a

speech disorder.


language disorder.


spectrum disorder.


learning disorder.



50. Match the items from List I with those in the List II and select the correct items from the codes given below

List I List II
a. A grammatism i. problems to understand music

b. Anomia ii. learning difficulties

c. Dyslexia iii. telegraphic speech

d. Amnesia iv. problems in naming

Codes
a b c d

i iii ii iv


ii ii i ii


iii iv ii i


iv i ii iii