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MAR IVANIOS COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS)
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM
Reg. No. :.………………… Name :.………………….
Fifth Semester B.A. Degree Examination, November 2016
First Degree Programme under CBCSS
Core Course: English IX
AUEN544: Linguistics and Phonetics
Time: 3 Hours Max. Marks: 80
SECTION A
Answer ALL questions each in a word or in a sentence.
1. What are vocal cords?
2. What is elision?
3. What is IPA?
4. Transcribe the words 'reaction' and 'reasonable'
5. Describe and
6. What is linking
7. What is isogloss?
8. How many morphemes are there in the word
9. Explain 'allomorph' Give an example
10. What is langue?
(10 1 10 Marks)
SECTION B
Answer any EIGHT questions, each in a short paragraph not exceeding 50 words.
11. Paradigmatic and syntagmatic relationships.
12. What is semantic fallacy?
13. Explain the ambiguity in the expression old lecturer's gown'.
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14. What are kernel sentences?
15. What is Applied Linguistics?
16. What are minimal pairs?
17. Cardinal Vowels
18. What are plosive sounds? Which are the plosive sounds in English?
19. Illustrate with an example each the aspirated and the unaspirated variants of and
20. Word accent in English
21. What is syllable?
22. Criteria in the classification of the vowels.
2 16 Marks)
SECTION C
Answer any SIX questions, each in a paragraph not exceeding 100 words.
23. The Karaka theory
24. English Vowels
25. Vocoids and Contoids
26. Falling Intonation
27. Speech and Writing
28. British and American English
29. Synchronic Variations
30. Organs of Speech
31. Cliche
4 24 Marks)
SECTION D
Answer any TWO questions, each in about 300 words.
32. Grammaticality and acceptability
33. Suprasegmentals
34. Structural Grammar
35. Morphology
(2×15=30 Marks)