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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Linguistics deals with a study of Language.
Historical
Scientific
Social
Grammatical
Syntagmatic means the arrangement of units.
Vertical
Alternative
Linear
Diagonal
A polyglot is a person who several languages.
Studies
Analyses
Translates
Knows
The study of language for its own sake is called
Applied linguistics
Macro linguistics
Theoretical linguistics
Psycho linguistics
All linguistics relationships are at all levels.
Binary
Tertiary
Unitary
Arbitrary
The term grammar is concerned with the language.
Spoken
Written
Changing
Conventional
The smallest unit of sound is called a
Morpheme
Sememe
Phoneme
Syllable
Variants of a morpheme are called
Allophones
Allomorphs
Alternation
Homophones
Affixes that are used to change word-forms are called affixes.
Derivational
Inflectional
Root
Base
10) The book 'The problem of meaning in primitive language' is written by
C. K. Ogden and I. A. Richards
Malinowski
M. Breal
F. R. Palmer
11) meaning is assumed to be central in linguistic communication.
Connotative
Conceptual
Social
Affective
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12) Bloom field's most influential book published in 1933 was
Linguistics
Science and Meaning
Language
Semantics
13) In the English word 'uneasiness' there are morphemes.
Two
Three
Four
Five
14) 'She trembled with fear' The under tired words' association is an example of meaning.
Social
Affective
Reflected
Collocative
Q.2
Answer any seven of the following questions in briefly:
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What is synchronic linguistics?
What is psycholinguistics?
What is the difference between syntagmatic and paradigmatic?
On what basis are word classes defined in traditional grammars?
What are the ultimate constituents?
What is internal diversity?
What is connotative meaning? Give an example of it.
What are 'transparent' words?
Q.3

Answer any two of the following.
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Give IC analysis of the following sentences using a tree diagram.
i. Bread and butter is my breakfast.
ii. He met her in the canteen.
Give labeled morphological analysis of the following words:
i. Unfriendliness
ii. Enlightenment
Give minimal pairs of the following:
i.
ii.

Define the following terms:
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Cognitive linguistics
Morphophonemic's
Affixes
Q.4
What is linguistics? Explain its various branches.
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OR
Explain the difference between synchronic and diachronic linguistics.
Q.5
What is semantics? Explain seven types of meaning.
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