1. Voice Onset Time refers to the timing of onset of voice for a plosive in relation to the

beginning of a closure


retention of a closure


partly retention of a closure


releasing of a closure



2. I. Opposition or contrast refers to any paradigmatic relation between units that are distinct in a given language.
II. Neutralization refers to the suppression of an opposition between morphemes in phonological form.
III. Opposition or contrast refers to any syntagmatic relation between units that are distinct in a given language.
IV. Neutralization refers to the suppression of an opposition between phonemes in one position when the opposition is present in other positions.
Select the correct pair from the codes given below

Codes

I and II are correct.


II and III are correct.


I and IV are correct.


III and IV are correct.



3.
Assertion The term 'filter' refers to a mechanism constructed to reinforce certain frequencies of a complex sound and to weaken others in order to modify its timbre.

Assertion Our oral and nasal cavities form an acoustic filter.


Codes

is true and is false.


is false and is true.


Both and are true.


Both and are false.




Paper-III
4. Match the items in List I with those in List II and choose the correct answer from the codes given below

List-I List-II

a. major class i. anterior feature

b. manner feature ii. consonantal

c. place articulation feature iii. high

d. body of feature iv. continuant

Codes
a b c d

i ii iii iv

iii i iv ii

iv iii ii i

ii iv i iii

5. Assertion In lexical phonology lexicon has a productive role. It consists of ordered levels in which certain phonological and morphological processes take place.

Assertion Lexical phonology accounts for the interactions of morphology and syntax.

Codes

is false and is true.


is true and is false.


Both and are false.


Both and are true.


6. A morphological marker that causativises the verb

increases the number of actants/arguments of the verb.


weakens the verb semantically.


makes the verb infinitive.


makes the verb morphologi­cally simple.



7. Match items in List I with those in List II and choose the correct answer from the codes given below

List-I List-II
a. homophonous i. a clitic that can be attached at the end of the word
morpheme
b. exocentric ii. that determines the grammati­cal category and the meaning of the phrase and compound
compound
c. head of a phrase/compound iii. A compound word with nohead

d. enclitic iv. a morpheme that has same phonetic shape but different semantic functions


Codes
a b c d

iii ii i iv


iv iii ii i


i iii iv ii


iv i iii ii


8. Assertion Morphological productivity is not a matter of YES or NO, rather it is an issue of MORE or LESS.

Assertion Morphological productivity is a matter of synchronic study of a morphological feature.

Codes

Only is true, is false.


Both and are false.


Both and are true.


Only is true, is false.

9. An infinitive verb occurs with

a. no person, number and gender.
b. no tense, aspect and mood.
c. only person and number.
d. only aspect and mood.
Codes

All the above are correct.

Only a is correct.

Both a and b are correct.

None of the above is correct.

10. An allomorph is defined as
a. a sound that occurs in any environment
b. a variant form of morpheme in some defined environment
c. a form of word that occurs independently
d. a form of word that brings semantic change in the word
Codes

a sound that occurs in any environment

Only b and c are correct.

a form of word that occursindependently

Only c and d are correct.

11. 'Principle-A' of Binding Theory is
associated with which one of the following

Refrential expression

Reflexive pronoun

Noun phrases

Pro

12. Match the items in List I with the items in List II and answer by selecting the correct code

List-I List-II
a. Movement i. Hindi

b. Function ii. Focus

c. Ergative language iii. Diagnostic

d. Stress iv. Subject
Codes

a b c d

iv iii ii i

iii ii iv i

ii iii i iv

iii iv i ii

13. Select the correct order

I. Predicate
II. X-bar
III. VP
IV. DP

Codes

I-III-IV-II


III-I-II-IV


I-III-II-IV


II-III-I-IV



14. Which one of the following are mentioned in Ross's constraints

I. Empty category principle
II. Specified subject
III. projection principle
IV. Complex NP


Codes

II and IV

II, III and IV

II and III

II and IV


15.
Assertion In the sentence 'John was invited' the verb 'invite' combines with past tense morpheme.

Assertion In the sentence 'Bill thanked John' the verb combines with past tense morpheme.

Codes

is true, but is false.


is false, but is true.


Both and are false.


Both and are true.


16. The term which is traditionally used to label one of the three divisions of semiotics along with semantics and syntax is

Competence

Performance

Pragmatics

Tagmemics


17.
Assertion Homonymy refers to lexical items which have the same form but they differ in meaning.

Assertion Hyponymy refers to lexical items which have different forms with same meaning.

Codes

is false and is true.


is true and is false.


Both and are false.


Both and are true.


18. In semantic theories the term used to refer to a minimal unit of meaning is

Lexeme

Allomorph

Sememe

Tagmeme


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

List-I List-II
a. Semiotics i. Ferdinand de Saussure

b. Syntagmatic ii. Signalling system

c. Homonyms iii. Senserelation between lexical items

d. Synonyms iv. same form with different meanings


Codes
a b c d

ii iv iii i


iv iii i ii


iii i ii iv


ii i iv iii



20. What is the entailment of the sentence 'Tracy is a spinster'

Tracy is a boy.


Tracy is a girl.


Tracy is an old man.


Tracy is an old woman.



21.
Assertion Idiolect is a term used in linguistics to refer to the linguistic system of an individual speaker.

Assertion Register refers to a variety of language defined according to its use in social situations.


Codes

Both and are false.


Both and are true.


is true, but is false.


is false, but is true.



22. The term used in sociolinguistics to refer to a pidgin language which has become the mother tongue of a speech community is

Secret language


Creole


Code language


Artificial language


23. Arrange the following in chronological order and choose the correct answer from the code given below
a. Internal reconstruction

b. Glottochronology

c. Mass comparison

d. Lexicostatistics

Codes

a b c d


b a c d


c a b d


a d b c


24. A method designed to investigate the relationship between languages to determine approximate dates for proto-language is

Lexicostatistics


Mass comparison


Phylogenetic


Glottochronology


25.
Assertion The first comparative linguistic analysis of Sanskrit, Greek, Persian and the Germanic languages was done by Franz Bopp in 1816.

Assertion Jacob Grimm was the first person to explain the sound shift.

Codes

Both and are right.


Both and are false.


is right, but is false.


is right, but is false.

26. A sprachbund is sometimes known as

ethnic community


speech community


social community


religious community



27. Dialect, register, medium and field belong to

language groups


language identities


language varieties


language purity



28. Speakers can deliberately switch to another code in order to force a new perception of the situation on the other participants. It is called

Situational code-switching


Metaphorical code-switching


Code-switching


Alternate conversation



29. The remarkable similarities in grammar among creoles all over the world have led to the proposing the hypothesis called

Sapir-whrof hypothesis


Bio-program hypothesis


Null hypothesis


Decreolization



30. Words or phrases used to indicate that we're not really sure what we're saying is sufficiently correct or complete is called

blend

argot

hedges

maxim



31.
Assertion The brain is roughly a sphere and has approximately symmetrical left and right hemispheres.

Assertion In the great majority of humans, the left hemisphere is significantly less involved in language than the right.


Codes

Both and are false.


Both and are true.


is true, but is false.


is false, but is true.

32. Assertion Linguistic determinism is the idea that the form and characteristics of our language determine the way in which we think, remember, and perceive.

Assertion Linguistic relativism is the idea that as different languages map on to the world in different ways.
Codes

Both and are true.

Both and are false.

is true and is false.

is false and is true.

33. bag of dog food has become a dog of bag food the process is termed as

Spoonerism

Malaproposim

Metathesis

Back formation

34. The encoding steps by speaker to learner is given below. Arrange them according their correct order.
i. Articulatory system
ii. Syntactic representation
iii. Lexical selection
iv. Phonological representation
Codes

i ii iii iv

ii iii i iv

iii i iv ii

iii ii iv i
35. A more common name for the posterior speech cortex is

Broca's area

Wernicke's area

Visual area

36. The advertising message "helps control dandruff symptoms with regular use" is an example of

Weasel claim


Metonymy


Synonymy


None of the above



37.
Assertion During the 1950s and 1960s researchers interested in understanding teaching and learning set out to compare external and internal differences between first language and a target language

Assertion The hope was that such a Contrastive Analysis approach would help them uncover areas of difficulties for L2 learners.


Codes

Both and are right.


Both and are wrong.


is right, but is wrong.


is right, but is wrong.



38. Assertion Translation is the replacement of a text in one language by a replacement of an equivalent text in second language.

Assertion Translation is an extremely motivated industrial activity, supported by information technology, which is diversified in response to the particular needs of this form of communication.


Codes

Both assertions and are correct.


Both assertions and are wrong.


Assertion is right, but is wrong.


Assertion is right, but is wrong.

39. Match the items in List I with those in List II and choose the correct answer from the codes given below
List I List II
a. Eugene Nida i. Translation, History and Culture
CR Taber
b. Basil Hatim J ii. The theory practice of Translatation
Munday
c. Peter iii. Translation An advance resource book
Newmark
d. Susan Bassnett iv. About Translation
Andre Lefevere

Codes
a b c d

i ii iii iv

iv iii ii i

iii ii i iv

ii iii iv i

40. Which of the following is not true

reading and writing skills typical of his community is illiterate.

the minimal level of reading and writing required to function effectively in a world dominated by written material.

modern time phenomenon.

live long.

41. The non contiguous Indo Aryan
languages are

Sinhalese, Divehi, Dakhini,Punjabi

Sinhalese, Divehi, Dakhini, Hindi

Sinhalese, Divehi, Dakhini, Saurastri

Sinhalese, Divehi, Dakhini,Bengali




42. Subject in other than nominative case in various languages may be known as

a. Dative subject

b. Non nominative subject

c. Ergative subject

d. Syntactic subject
Codes

Only a is correct.

Both a and b are correct.

b and c are correct.

All the above are correct.

43. Assertion The subject of intransitive verb and the direct object of transitive verb are in the same case form in languages with Ergative Absolutive System of case.

Assertion Languages Ergative Absolutive with System of case may have object verb agreement.
Codes

Both and are false.

Only is true, is false.

Only is false, is true.

Both and are true.


44. If a language places the verb at the end of the sentence i.e. verb final language, it may have the correlational values as

a. Noun Post position

b. Main verb Auxilary

c. Standard of comparison Comparative Adjective
d. Verb Negative

Codes

Only a is correct.

Both c and d are correct.

Only b is correct.

All the above are correct.


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

List-I List-II

a. Head Dependent i. Venneman Marking

b. Language ii. Keenan Universals Comrie

c. Noun Phrase iii. Leh Acces-sibility mann Hierarchy (NPAH)

d. Implicational iv. Greenberg Universals


Codes
a b c d

iv iii i ii

i iv ii iii

iii ii iv i

i iii ii iv

46. 'Calque' refers to

words borrowed from another language


words borrowed from cognate language


words borrowed from another language by literal translation


None of the above

47. A theory of translation based on a comparison of the structure of the source language and target language rather than a comparison of literary genres and stylistic features is


Philological theory


Philosophical theory


Linguistic theory


Text type theory

48. Which one of the following involves inclusion of meaning


Synonymy


Polysemy


Homonymy


Hyponymy



49. Assertion Urdu dictionaries are reverse dictionaries.

Assertion In reverse dictionaries, the order starts from the place of last letter.
Codes

is false, but is true.

is true, but is false.

Both and are true.

Both and are false.

50. Match the items in List I with the items in List II and answer by selecting the correct code.
List I List II
a. Glossary i. Related concepts
b. Dictionary ii. Technical terms
c. Thesaurus iii. Common Vocabulary
d. Electronic iv. Digital
dictionary
Codes
a b c d

iv iii ii i

ii iii i iv

iii ii iv i

i ii iii iv

51. POS tagging is used in computational linguistics for
a. breaking the sequential information into parts.
b. the marking up a word in text according to the grammatical
class it belongs to.
c. putting the hard wares in computers for processing the speech.
d. simplifying the natural language for computer in terms of binary property for easy pattern recognition.
Codes

Only d is correct.

Both c and d are correct.

b and d are correct.

Only c is correct.


Match the items in List I with List II and choose the correct code given below

List-I List-II

a. Speech i. formal analysis of a sentence by computer
processing

b. Information ii. pattern retrieval recognition

c. Parsing iii. speech recognition

d. O.C.R. iv. stemming

Codes
a b c d

iv i ii iii


iii iv i ii


i iv iii ii


ii iv iii i

53. Speech synthesizers are used together with speech recognizers in


Neurological disorders


Articulation


Artificial intelligence


None of the above


Assertion Parsing is useful in applications such as grammar checking in word processing system.

Assertion Parsing (parse trees) serve as the important immediate stages of representation for semantic analysis.

Codes

Both Assertions and are right.


Both Assertions and are wrong.


Assertion is right, but is wrong.


Assertion is right, but is wrong.


55. A digital dictionary arranges its entry according to some computational code that facilitates the machine to retrieve and access the information fast is based on the value of

Concatenation method


Phonetic form


Logical form


Algorithm



56. Match the items in List I with the items in List II and answer by selecting the correct code

List-I List-II
a. Word order i. Inflection

b. AGR-based ii. Government case theory Binding

c. Logical form iii. Minimalism

d. Case iv. Head-parameter


Codes
a b c d

iv iii ii i


ii i iv iii


iv ii iii i


iii iv i ii



57. Assertion Functional categories are closed classes.

Assertion Pronouns being a closed class belong to a functional category.


Codes

is false, but is true.


is true, but is false.


Both and are false.


Both and are true.



58. The central theoretical term in transformational grammar as opposed to deep structure is

Morphemic structure


Phonemic structure


Semantic structure


Surface structure

59. Assertion Movement transformations have the effect of moving constituents from one part of a phrase marker to another, as in the formation of passive sentences.

Assertion An alternative term for movement transformation is re-ordering or Permutation.

Codes

Both and are true.


Both and are false.


is true, but is false.


is false, but is true.


60. Speakers intrinsic knowledge of their language is known as

Valency

Complement

Competence

Performance


61. Select the correct order
i. Generative Phonology
ii. Classical Phonology
iii. Constraints based Phonology
iv. Auto Segmental Phonology

Codes

ii i iv iii


i ii iii iv


iv iii i ii


ii iv iii i


62. Assertion In prosodic phonology the abstract unit is a prosody which is realized at two or more different places in a linear structure.

Assertion Prosodic phonology is based on a polysystemic principle.

Codes

is true and is false.


is false and is true.


Both and are true.


Both and are false.



64.
I. All languages have a set of constraints which produce the basic phonological and grammatical patterns of a particular language.
II. Actual ulterances do not violate these constraints.
III. Differences between languages lie in the relative importance given to particular constraints.
IV. The constraints are not mentioned in the description of a particular language.
Select the correct combination from the codes given below

I and IV are correct.


I and III are correct.


II and IV are correct.


III and IV are correct.



65. Assertion Auto segmental phonology allows phonological processes like vowel harmony and tone to influence more than one vowel or consonant at a time.

Assertion In such an analysis tone is a property of the whole word.


Codes

is true, but is false.


is false, but is true.


Both and are true.


Both and are false.



66. Assertion There is a tendency for unwarranted generalizations of individual research findings from "some women" to "all women".

Assertion Using as a social variable reduces a complex social phenomenon in a misleading way.

Codes

Both Assertions and are right.


Assertion is right and is wrong


Assertion is right and is wrong.


Both Assertions and are Wrong.


67. Assertion Language is used as a signifying code to maintain group identity. Male peer group exerts strong pressure an their members to use the vernacular.

Assertion The dominant role of women in child-rearing leads to their more status conscious language behaviour.

Codes

Both Assertions and are right.


Both Assertions and are Wrong.


Assertion is right and is wrong.


Assertion is right and is wrong.


68. Studies an language and gender usually consider the language or speech behaviour of women in terms of

Prestige


Deficiency model


Over generalized


None of the above


69. Assertion Language planning is deliberate systematic and theory based attempt under government patronage to solve communication problems of a community or a nation.

Assertion It consists of status planning and corpus planning.


Codes

Both and are true.


is true, is false.


is false, is true.


Both and are false.



70. Identify as to which of the following is not relevant in the context of language standardization

Selection of the norm


Codification


Acceptance by the government


None of the above



71. A Processing error in which one word or phrase is heard as another, as in hearing 'great ape' when the utterance was grey tape is known as

tip of the tongue


slip of the tongue


slip of the ear


None of the above



72. Match the items with List I with List II and choose the correct code

List-I List-II
a. Temporal i. above and behind lobes the temporal lobes

b. Frontal ii. behind the temporal lobes lobes

c. Occipital iii. the thumb like lobes shapes

d. Parietal iv. above and in front of lobes the temporal lobes


Codes
a b c d

ii iii iv i


ii i iii iv


iii iv ii i


iv ii i iii


73. Assertion :The primary purpose of a child's linguistic environment is to provide information about the language the child is acquiring.

Assertion Psycholinguistics call this type of information as positive evidence.

Codes

is true, but is false.


is false, but is true.


Both and are true.


Both and are false.


74. A speech disorder in which utterances are produced in an excessively rapid un rhythmical way is called

Stuttering


Cluttering


Cleft palate


None of the above


75. Match the items with List I and List II and identify the codes given below

List-I List-II

a. temporal activities i. hemisphere dominance of a language

b. holistic activities ii. contralatal control

c. dichotic iii. alphabetic listening reading

d. two half or hemispheres iv. logograhic reading

Codes
a b c d

i ii iv iii


ii iii i iv


iii iv ii i


iv i iii ii