Exam Details
| Subject | history of english language | |
| Paper | ||
| Exam / Course | english | |
| Department | ||
| Organization | Mar Ivanios College | |
| Position | ||
| Exam Date | June, 2016 | |
| City, State | kerala, thiruvananthapuram |
Question Paper
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P.T.O.
MAR IVANIOS COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS)
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM
Reg. No. :.………………… Name :.………………….
Fourth Semester B.A. Degree Examination, June 2016
First Degree Programme under CBCSS
Complementary Course: English IV
AUEN431.1b: History of English Language
Time: 3 Hours Max. Marks: 80
SECTION A
Answer ALL questions each in a word or in a sentence.
1. What is meant by arbitrariness of language
2. Name the two universities that helped East Midland dialect become the standard dialect.
3. Why is English spelling an Achilles heel to non native speakers
4. What is meant by Semantics
5. What is meant by synaesthesia
6. What do you mean by discreteness of language
7. How does C. L Barber define Language
8. What is meant by dead language
9. Name three Romance Languages.
10. From which dialect has Standard English been grown and developed
(10 1 10 Marks)
SECTION B
Answer any EIGHT questions, each in a short paragraph not exceeding 50 words.
11. What are the two important characteristics that distinguish Indo European languages
12. Name four Greek dialects.
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2
13. Name two words or phrases of Milton that are part of the English language
14. What are slangs
15. What are dialects
16. Name the 8 branches of the Indo European family.
17. What is meant by back-formation
18. What is meant by displacement
19. Middle English is the period of leveled inflexions. Explain.
20. What are jargons
21. Give two examples of telescoping.
22. What is meant by Euphemism
2 16 Marks)
SECTION C
Answer any SIX questions, each in a paragraph not exceeding 100 words.
23. Grimm's Law.
24. Influence of the Bible on the English Language.
25. Shakespeare's contribution to English vocabulary.
26. Scandinavian influence on the English language.
27. Dr.Johnson's dictionary.
28. Double articulation as a feature of language.
29. Write a short note on the Indo European languages.
30. The Great Vowel Shift.
31. Impact of the Renaissance and Reformation on the English Language.
4 24 Marks)
SECTION D
Answer any TWO questions, each in about 300 words.
32. Characteristics of the Germanic or Teutonic Languages.
33. Anglo Saxon or Old English Period.
34. English as a global language.
35. French influence on the English language.
15 30 Marks)
P.T.O.
MAR IVANIOS COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS)
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM
Reg. No. :.………………… Name :.………………….
Fourth Semester B.A. Degree Examination, June 2016
First Degree Programme under CBCSS
Complementary Course: English IV
AUEN431.1b: History of English Language
Time: 3 Hours Max. Marks: 80
SECTION A
Answer ALL questions each in a word or in a sentence.
1. What is meant by arbitrariness of language
2. Name the two universities that helped East Midland dialect become the standard dialect.
3. Why is English spelling an Achilles heel to non native speakers
4. What is meant by Semantics
5. What is meant by synaesthesia
6. What do you mean by discreteness of language
7. How does C. L Barber define Language
8. What is meant by dead language
9. Name three Romance Languages.
10. From which dialect has Standard English been grown and developed
(10 1 10 Marks)
SECTION B
Answer any EIGHT questions, each in a short paragraph not exceeding 50 words.
11. What are the two important characteristics that distinguish Indo European languages
12. Name four Greek dialects.
1300
2
13. Name two words or phrases of Milton that are part of the English language
14. What are slangs
15. What are dialects
16. Name the 8 branches of the Indo European family.
17. What is meant by back-formation
18. What is meant by displacement
19. Middle English is the period of leveled inflexions. Explain.
20. What are jargons
21. Give two examples of telescoping.
22. What is meant by Euphemism
2 16 Marks)
SECTION C
Answer any SIX questions, each in a paragraph not exceeding 100 words.
23. Grimm's Law.
24. Influence of the Bible on the English Language.
25. Shakespeare's contribution to English vocabulary.
26. Scandinavian influence on the English language.
27. Dr.Johnson's dictionary.
28. Double articulation as a feature of language.
29. Write a short note on the Indo European languages.
30. The Great Vowel Shift.
31. Impact of the Renaissance and Reformation on the English Language.
4 24 Marks)
SECTION D
Answer any TWO questions, each in about 300 words.
32. Characteristics of the Germanic or Teutonic Languages.
33. Anglo Saxon or Old English Period.
34. English as a global language.
35. French influence on the English language.
15 30 Marks)
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