1. The processes by which a child adopts to acquire a language, viz,
acquiring syntactic forms from meaning and,
acquiring meaning from forms respectively are called

Semantic bootstrapping and syntactic bootstrapping

Syntactic bootstrapping and semantic bootstrapping

Form and content acquisition

Content and form acquisition



2. Assertion I A deep dyslexic may interact with words but they are not able to associate with the direct phonemic graphemic relations with meaning.
Assertion II Deep dyslexic may be termed as phonemic dyslexia.
Codes

is true, is false.

is false, is true.

Both and are true.

Both and are false.



3. Blindness in one half of the visual field is known as

Hemifield viewing

Hemiplegia

Hemianopia

Hemiprosis



4. Match the following with List I and List II and choose correct answer from the codes given below
List I List II
a. Agnosia i. acquired difficulty in reading
b. Agraphia ii. impairment of voluntary and purposive movements
c. Alexia iii. inability to associate meaning with sensation
d. Apraxia iv. acquired difficulty in writing

Codes

a b c d

iii iv i ii

iv iii ii i

ii i iv iii

i ii iii iv


5. "Interpersonal communicative and cognitive processes that everywhere and always shape language" is the part of

Cognitive theories

Constructionist theories

Usage-based theories

Construction grammar and phraseological theories

6. A symbolic structure is nothing more than the pairing of a

syntactic structure and a semantic structure.

morphological structure and a syntactic structure.

semantic structure and a phonological structure.

phonological structure and a syntactic structure.


7. The lexical selection is dependent onthese following factors as in order below

Conceptual, Syntactic and Phonological

Syntactic, Conceptual and Phonological

Phonological, Conceptual and Syntactical

Conceptual, Phonological and Syntactical



8. Which one of the following pairs iscorrectly matched

Receptive aphasia i. non-fluent

Expressive aphasia ii. Alzheimer's disease

Pure aphasia iii. Alexia, agraphia and verbal agnosia

Primary progressive aphasia iv. fluent





9. The MT system based on statistical method is

Google translate

Angla bharati

Anusaarak

Mantra



10. To articulate a central vowel the tongue is

forwarded

retracted

raised

neither forwarded nor retracted



11. The or theory was put forward by

D. Jones

R.H. Stetson

A.M. Bell

P. Ladefoged



12. In aspirated stops, voicing

takes place throughout the closure and release of the airstream in the mouth cavity.

takes place during the part of theclosure.

starts immediately at the momentof the release of the closure.

starts considerably after the release of the closure.



13. Acoustic information regarding the place of articulation of a particular stop can be obtained from

voice bar

transitions

VOT

aperiodic vibrations


14. Assertion I The machine used for the analysis and measurement of frequency, duration of speech sounds, and the like is known as a spectrogram.
Assertion II The output of the above machine is a spectrograph.
Codes

Both and are false.

Both and are true.

is true and is false.

is false and is true.


15. In any preliminary transcription if separate symbols are used for two or more variants of a single phoneme, the phenomenon is known as

Overextension

Overdifferentiation

Underdifferentiation

Overcorrection


16. Match the following with List I with those in List II and choose correct answer from the codes given below
List I List II
a. Insertion i. Skt. jagama went'
b. Metathesis ii. Eng. pants in a variety of eng. pans
c. Deletion iii. Eng. wasp old eng. wæps
d. Reduplication iv. Eng. film in a Variety of eng. film

Codes
a b c d

i ii iii iv

ii i iii iv

iv iii ii i

iii iv i ii



17. The words in the List I contain affixes. Match the affixes in the List I with the types in the List II.
List I List II
a. look ing i. prefix
b. un do ii. interfix
c. speed o meter iii. suffix
d. German gefragt iv. circumfix

Codes

a b c d
i iii iv ii

ii iii i iv

iv ii iii i

iii i ii iv



18. The English word 'biotech' is an example of

Blend

Back formation

Compound

Acronym



19. The term 'three dimensional phonology' refers to

Generative Phonology

Structural Phonology

Natural Phonology

Non-linear Phonology



20. Assertion I Generative phonology rejects the concept of phoneme, but prosodic phonology does not reject it.
Assertion II Both generative phonology and prosodic phonology reject the concept of phoneme.
Codes

Both and are true

Both and are false

is true and is false

is false and is true



21. Match the items in List I with those in List II and select the correct answer from the codes
List I List II
a. Systematic, phonetic and systematic phonemic representation i. Metrical phonology
b. Syllable prominence and hierarchy ii. Autosegmental phonology
c. Tiers and association lines iii. Generative phonology
d. Constraint rankings iv. Optimality theory

Codes
a b c d
iii i ii iv

ii i iv iii

iv ii iii i

i ii iv iii

22. In the English word 'handful' the part ful' is a/an

inflectional suffix

derivational suffix

post position

clitic


23. Assertion I In optimality theory, the well-formedness constraints are grounded in universal markedness principles. A constraint reflects a universal tendency.
Assertion II : Constraints cannot be violated.
Codes

Both and are true

Both and are false

is true and is false

is false and is true


24. Match the items in List I and with those in List II and select the correct answer from the codes
List I List II
a. Speech processing i. Formal analysis of a sentence by computer
b. Information retrieval ii. Pattern recognition
c. Parsing iii. Stemming
d. Optical character recognition iv. Speech recognition and text to speech

Codes
a b c d
iv iii i ii

i ii iii iv

iii ii iv i

ii i iii iv

25. The notion 'Transformational Grammar' or 'Transformational Generative Grammar' was first discussed by Noam Chomsky in

The Sound Pattern of English, 1968

Aspects of the Theory of Syntax, 1965

Syntactic Structures, 1957

Current issues in Linguistic Theory, 1964


26. Match the items in List I with List II and select the correct answer from the codes given below
List I List II
a. Cognates i. Phonetics
b. Speech Sounds ii. Dialect Geo­graphy
c. Speech Variation iii. Lexicography
d. Dictionary iv. Comparative method

Codes
a b c d
iv iii ii i

i iv ii iii

iv i ii iii

iii ii iv i


27. Select the correct sequence according tothe development of grammars

Universal grammar, traditional grammar, transformational grammar, structural grammar.

Traditional grammar, structural grammar, transformational grammar and universal grammar.

Traditional grammar, universal grammar, transformational grammar, structural grammar.

Transformational grammar, structural grammar, traditional grammar and universal grammar.


28. The basic word order in Dravidian languages is

SVO

SOV

VSO

VOS


29. Match the items in List I with List II and select the correct answer from the codes given below
List I List II
a. Language in culture i. LanguagePlanning
b. Linguistic change ii. Historical Linguistics
c. Language in mind iii. Ethno­linguistics
d. Conscious and deliberate change of language iv. Psycho-linguistics

Codes

a b c d

ii iii iv i

iii ii iv i

iii iv ii i

ii iii i iv


30. In traditional dialectology the methodology involved selection of informants as

Mobile, rural older people

Non-mobile, older, rural people

Rural non-mobile young people

Non-mobile, urban old people


31. Identify the odd item from the following

Idiolect

Dialect

Imperative

Mutual intelligibility


32. Assertion I Analogy brings about regularity in the paradigm.
Assertion II Analogy destroys the paradigmatic regularity.
Codes

and are false

and are true

is false is true

is true is false



33. Kota, Toda and Kui languages come under

Central Dravidian group

North Dravidian group

South Dravidian group

Tibato-Burman group



34. The term isogloss is associated with

Lexicograpy

Graphology

Dialectology

Pragmatics



35. When linguistic forms of genetically related languages show phonological and semantic identify, they are termed as

Relic forms

Synonyms

Antonyms

Cognates



36. A term used in linguistics, referring to the quantification of the extent to which languages have diverged from a common source is

Geographical linguistics

Glottochronology

Analytical linguistics

Areal linguistics



37. A language which is characterized by words typically containing linear sequence of morphs is termed as

Isolating language

Synthetic language

Agglutinating language

Polysynthetic language



38. The study of a language at different points on the time dimension is called

Synchronic

Diachronic

Contrastive

Descriptive


39. Assertion I The comparative method is a technique which allows us to trace back to the earlier stage of the languages. These languages are related and belong to the same family.
Assertion II The technique involves to compare alternants of a single language.
Codes

Both and are true.

Both and are false.

is false, but is true.

is true, but is false.


40. The notion that India is a linguistic area was proposed by

Peter Edwin Hook

M.B. Emeneau

P.B. Pandit

Collin P. Masica


41. Match the following with the items in List I and in List II and select the correct answer from the codes given below
List I List II
a. Proficiency tests i. are administered at the end of the course
b. Diagnostic tests ii. measure people's ability in a language
c. Placement tests iii. are administered to identify student's strength and weakness
d. Achievement tests iv. are used to assign students to classes at different levels.

Codes

a b c d

i ii iii iv

ii iii iv i

iii iv ii i

iv iii i ii


42. The ability to deal adequately with a written system of communication is known as

Orthography

Literacy

Computer

Illiteracy



43. In the language of mass media the communicators strategies are sometimes 'responsive' and sometimes "initiative". The 'responsive' strategy is known as

Audience design

Audience choice

Audience preferences

Style



44. The stage theory of 'Cognitive Development' is a description of cognitive development as four stages in children. The originator of the theory is

Jean Piaget

Bernard Weiner

N. Chomsky

B.F. Skinner



45. Classical conditioning is a reflexive learning in which a stimulus acquires the capacity to evoke a response. It was first described by

N. Chomsky

Ivan Pavalov

B.F. Skinner

A. Bandura



46. Match the items in List I with those in List II and select the correct answer from the codes given below
List I List II
a. Intra lingual translation i. Translation from SL to T.L
b. Interlingual Translation ii. Translation within the same language
c. Inter semiotic translation iii. Translation of the verbal sign by a non-verbal sign
d. Interpreting iv. Transferring ideas orally

Codes

a b c d
ii i iii iv

i ii iii iv

iii ii i iv

iv iii ii i



47. Catford was very much criticized for his linguistic theory of translation. One of the most scathing criticism came from

E. Nida

P. Newmark

Snell Hornby

Pym Anthony


48. The source text and target text words, triggering the same or similar associations in the minds of native speakers of two languages are known as

Dynamic equivalence

Null equivalence

Formal equivalence

Textual equivalence


49. Grammatically plural nouns that have no corresponding singular forms such as "scissors", and "spectacles" are known as

Pluralia tantum

Pleonasm

Polar autonyms

Polarity


50. Match the items in List I with those in List II with the codes given below:
List I List II
a. Locution i. A sentence with grammatical structure and a linguistic meaning
b. Illocution ii. The effect of the speech act on the hearer
c. Perlocution iii. The speaker's intention
d. Expressives iv. Speaker's psychological state or attitude.

Codes
a b c d

iv iii i ii

i iii ii iv

ii i iii iv

i ii iii iv

51. Match the items in List I with those in List II and select the correct answer from the codes given below
List I List II
a. Meronymy i. The word referring to the whole
b. Holonymy ii. The word referring to the part
c. Hyponymy iii. The word referring to the kind
d. Hypronym iv. The word referring to the inclusive category

Codes

a b c d
ii i iv iii

ii i iii iv

iv ii iii i

iii iv ii i

52. Match the items in List I with those in List II and select the correct answer from the codes given below
List I List II
a. Lexical ambiguity i. I will meet you in the bank
b. Grammatical ambiguity ii. Ship sails today
c. Both lexical and grammatical ambiguity iii. The chicken is ready to eat
d. Hyperonymic Interpretation iv. Why don't you bring a friend

Codes

a b c d
i iii ii iv

iv iii i ii

ii iii i iv

iii ii iv i



53. In the sentence "Manmohan Singh arrived in London this morning. He will address the meeting tomorrow", the type of anaphora used is

Coreferential anaphora

Non coreferential anaphora

Cataphora

Zero anaphora


54. The principle that states that the meaning of a complex expression is a compositional function of the meaning of its parts is known as

Semantically opaque

Principle of compositionality

Principle of non-compositionality

Prototypical


55. in computational linguistics is a

Last report operation

Costly operation

Optional operation

Universal operation


56. Transfer method assumes

One intermediate stage

Two intermediate stages

Three intermediate stages

Four intermediate stages


57. The different word-orders of languages are the result of

Universal grammar

Absolute universals

Parametric variation

Native competence


58. Match the following items in List I and List II and select the correct codes given below
List I List II
a. Comparative Method i. Historical Linguistics
b. Participant Observation Method ii. Field Linguistics
c. Direct Method iii. Ethno- Linguistics
d. Method of eliciting data iv. Language teaching

Codes

a b c d
i iv iii ii

ii iv iii i

i iii iv ii

iv ii iii i



59. Assertion I Language loyalty means devotion to preserve the use of a language or the traditional form of a language.
Assertion II Many first generation immigrants to an alien country are extremely loyal to their first language, but their loyalty may go on decreasing in their children and grand-children.
Codes

Both and are true.

is false, but is true.

is true, but is false.

Both and are false.


60. The classical language which has been revived and remarkably developed in modern times is

Vedic Sanskrit

Hebrew

Latin

Homeric Greek


61. A distinction between the 'elaborated code' used by the middle class and the 'restricted code' used by the working class people was made by

Dell Hymes

William Bright

Basil Bernstein

Peter Trudgill


62. Give the logical sequence of the four parameters of languages planning
Acceptance
Selection
Elaboration of function
Codification
Codes

i iii iv ii

ii i iv iii

iii i ii iv

ii iv i iii


63. Assertion I Spoken languages go on changing whereas their written forms lag behind.
Assertion II Standardization of scripts becomes due in course of time.
Codes

Both and are true.

is true, but is false.

Both and are false.

is false, but is true.


64. A phrase structure rule specifying the immediate subconstituents of a givensyntactic category or phrase-type is known as

Context sensitive rule

Context free rule

Context-free rewrite rule

Case assignment rule


65. Arrange the following in order in whichthey appeared. Select the correct answerfrom the codes below
DP Hypothesis SS Model
X bar Theory Aspects Model
Codes

ii iv iii i

iii iv i ii

i ii iii iv

iv iii ii i


66. Match the following with List I andList II and select the correct answer from the codes given below
List I List II
a. Intransitivity i. ram ne sita: ko bula: ya:
b. Transitivity ii. ram cae pi: ta: hai
c. Double Transitivity iii. ra:m sota: hai
d. Ergative iv. ra:m us ko paise deta hai

Codes
a b c d

i ii iii iv

iii ii iv i

iv iii ii i

iii iv i ii


67. Assertion I The hierarchical structure of the word 'foolishness' can be presented as the following Root Adj. Noun
Assertion II The hierarchical structure of the word 'foolishness' can also be presented as the following
Codes

Both and are dis­advantageous.

Both and are advantageous.

is advantageous and isdis-advantageous.

is disadvantageous and isadvantageous.


68. Typologically NIA languages can be said to be characterized by the non-universal phonological features

Bilabial, Dental and Uvular

Retroflexion, Aspiration and nasalized vowel

Velar, Uvular and Dental

Labio-dental, Uvular and Velar


69. Austro-Asiatic and Dravidian languages do not exhibit

Ergativity

Negativity

Affirmity

Causative


70. Since the South Asian languages except "Khasi" are verb final languages, they share

a number of word order universals of SVO languages

a number of word order universals of SOV languages

a number of word order universals of VSO languages

a number of word order universals of OVS languages


71. In Tibeto Burman, Dravidian, Bengali and Marathi the negative occurs

Post verbally

Pre verbally

Mid verbally

None of the above


72. Match the items in List I with the items in List II and choose the correct answer from the codes
List I List II
a. sing sang i. zero modifi­cation
b. sheep -sheep ii. ablant
c. cat cats iii. suppletion
d. go went iv. affixation

Codes

a b c d
i ii iii iv

iii i ii iv

ii i iv iii

iv iii ii i

73. Match the following List I and List II and select the correct answer from the codes given below
List I List II
a. Little attention given to pronunciation i. Direct approach
b. Mother tongue is never used ii. Grammar Translation method
c. Priority in studying the TL is first, reading ability is second iii. Audio-lingual method
d. Principles of behaviour psychology iv. Reading approach

Codes

a b c d
ii i iv iii

i ii iii iv

iii iv i ii

iv iii i ii


74. In Santhali 'manjhi' means 'headman' whereas mapanjhi means its plural form i.e. headmen. This is an example of

Prefixation

Suffixation

Infixation

Simulfixation


75. 'Teach language, not about language' is one of the basic tenets of

Direct method

Audiolingual method

Grammar translation method

Communicative method