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IJ-565
M.A. IIIrd Semester (Reg./Pvt./ATKT)
Examination, 2022-23
English
Paper - II
English Language
Time : 3 Hours]
[Maximum Marks : Reg.= 85
Pvt.= 100
Note :- Attempt all questions.
SECTION - 'A'
Objective Type Questions
1×15=15
Choose the correct alternative :
(i) ...................is the scientific study of language?
- Philology
- Phonology
- Phonetics
- Linguistics
(ii) A minimal meaningful unit in the grammatical system of a language is called..................?
- Syllable
- Phoneme
- Morpheme
- Allomorph
(iii) Diachronic linguistics means
- The study of language at a given point of time
- The study of language through time
- The study of language dealing with time
- The study of language as a metaphor for time
(iv) English belongs to what family group
- Indo-Iranian
- Italic
- Hellenic
- Germanic
(v) The study of the production and perception of speech sounds is a branch of linguistics called :
- Accent
- Dialect
- Phonetics
- Phonology
(vi) The study of how languages treat these sounds is called.
- Accent
- Dialect
- Code
- Phonology
(vii) Which of these refer to sound features of a Language?
- Morphemics
- Phonetic Substances
- Syntax
- Phonetics
(viii) What is an Allophone?
- The various ways that on Alophone can be pronounced
- A set of speech sound that are perceived to be variants of the same sound
- Two sounds with different meaning
- All the above
(ix) Anglo-Saxon is otherwise called as-
- New English
- British English
- Old English
- Middle English
(x) The most important foreign contributions in English have come from-
- Latin, Celtic and Italian
- Latin, French and Scandinavian
- Latin, French and Italian
- Latin, Spanish and German
(xi) The study of the historical evolution of the meaning of words is called-
- Semiotics
- Articulation
- Phonetics
- Semantics
(xii) ........................of the english language distinguish three main stages in its development.
- Historians
- European
- Philosopher
- Foreigners
(xiii) Phonemic transcription is also called-
- Narrow transcription
- Broad transcription
- Simple transcription
- Close transcription
(xiv) A vowel which remains constant and does not glide is called a..................
- Triphthong
- Diphthong
- Pure-vowel
- Semi-vowel
(xv) All English sounds are produced with
- Velaric air-stream
- Ingressive glattillic air-stream
- Pulmonic egresssive air-stream
- None of the above
SECTION - 'B'
Short Answer Type Questions
5×5=25
What is language? What are its chief characteristics?
OR
Define a language family and distinguish it from language group.
Write brief notes on : Dialect and style.
OR
Define synchrony and Diachrony.
Define phonetics with Examples.
OR
What are active and passive articulators ? Give examples.
What is a phoneme? Explain with examples.
OR
What is an allophone?
What is Generic Grammar?
OR
What is Transformational Generative Grammar.
SECTION - 'C'
Long Answer Type Questions
5×9=45
What are the characteristics of language?
OR
What are the functions of language?
Distinguish between Register and style.
What is phonetics and what are its main branches?
OR
What is the difference between a pure vowel and a diphthong? Explain.
Describe the phonemes of English. How many phonemes are there in British English (R-P).
OR
Distinguish between free variation and complementary distribution.
What is Transformational Generative Grammar.
OR
What is the nature and characteristics of Transformational Generic Grammar.