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Subject introduction to language and linguistics
Paper
Exam / Course m.a. english
Department
Organization solapur university
Position
Exam Date April, 2018
City, State maharashtra, solapur


Question Paper

M.A. (Semester (CBCS) Examination Mar/Apr-2018
English (Paper III)
INTRODUCTION TO LANGUAGE AND LINGUISTICS
Time: 2½ Hours
Max. Marks: 70
Instructions: All questions are compulsory. Figures to the right indicate full marks.
Q.1
Rewrite the following sentences choosing correct alternative:
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A person who can use two languages with equal ease is called
Subordinate bilingual
Co-ordinate bilingual
Mixed bilingual
Hybrid bilingual
A scientific study of language is
Psychology
Anthropology
Logic
Linguistics
are the two basic manifestations of language.
Speech and writing
Writing and Understanding
Speech and listening
Reading and writing
is the study of lexical items and their collocational relations.
Graphology
Lexicology
Semantics
Socio linguistics
is not considered to be the core branch of linguistics.
Phonetics
Syntax
Morphology
Pragmatics
deals with the sound waves and their transmission.
Articulatory phonetics
Acoustic phonetics
Auditory phonetics
General phonetics
are used to indicate phonemes.
Slanted lines
Straight lines
Curly line
Crossed lines
Initiation, phonation and articulation are the three stages in
The discussion of a text
The simplification of language
The purification of speech
The production of speech sound
The consonant cluster in the word is an example of
Onset
Peak
Nucleus
Coda
10) The father of structural linguistics is
Chomsky
Halliday
Saussure
Ogden
11) Paradigmatic is the arrangement of units, sounds, letters, words etc.
Vertical
Linear
Crossed
Zig zag
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12) A person who studies language is called
A polyglot
A linguist
A bilingual person
A multi lingual person
13) The full form of IC analysis is
Immediate Constituent analysis
Immediate Circular analysis
Internal Clausal analysis
International Clause analysis
14) are the positional variants of a phoneme.
Morphemes
Allomorphs
Allophones
Words
Q.2
Answer any seven of the following questions in brief:
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Differentiate between diachronic and synchronic linguistics.
What is the concept of 'langue' 'parole' and 'language'?
Explain 'phonetics'.
What is 'semantics'?
What is 'morphology'?
What is 'applied linguistics'?
Explain 'morpheme' with suitable examples. State the various types of morpheme.
What is 'graphology'?
Q.3

Answer any two of the following.
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Give IC analysis of the following sentences:
i. The boy plays cricket.
ii. Ramesh met me on the road.
Give labeled morphological analysis of the following words:
i. Unfriendly
ii. Bus drivers
Give minimal pairs of the following:
i.
ii.

Define the following terms. (Any two)
06
Syntax
Diglossia
Articulatory phonetics
Q.4
What is linguistics? Explain the core branches of linguistics.
14
OR
What is language? Write a note on the characteristics of language.
Q.5
Write a note on structural linguistics with special focus on IC analysis.
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Subjects

  • british literature
  • indian english literature
  • introduction to language and linguistics