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Total No. of Questions : 11
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KL-622

M.A. IVth Semester (Reg./Pvt./ATKT)

Examination, 2023

English

Paper - II

English Language

Time : 3 Hours]
[Maximum Marks : Reg.= 85
Pvt.= 100
Note- Attempt all the questions.

SECTION - 'A'

Objective Type Questions      1.5×10=15

1.
Choose the correct alternative:
(i)
How many morphemes are there in the word 'books':
  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3
  4. 4
(ii)
The clear /l/ and the dark /l/ may be considered to be the...........of the same phoneme /l/:
  1. Allophones
  2. Allomorphs
  3. Morpheme variants
  4. Minimal Pairs
(iii)
The shap of 'C' is......:
  1. Upward sloping concave
  2. Upward sloping convex
  3. Downward sloping concave
  4. Downward sloping convex
(iv)
A term introduced by the linguist Saussure which refers to state of a language as it exists at any given time......:
  1. Diachrony
  2. Synchrony
(v)
Phonetics is usually divided into ...... branches :
  1. 4
  2. 5
(vi)
All of the answers below show the types of attitudinal functions except :
  1. Discourse function
  2. Fall rise intonation
  3. Rise intonation
  4. Fall intonation
(vii)
The term Transformational Generative Grammar has been introduced by........ :
  1. Edward Sapir
  2. R.H. Robins
  3. Noam Chomsky
  4. Ferdinand de Saussure
(viii)
'What a boring day !' is an example of :
  1. An Exclamatory Sentence
  2. An Interrogative Sentence
  3. An Optative Sentence
  4. An Imperative Sentence
(ix)
Identify the Noun phrase :

'The large dog was waiting for me outside so it could not eat me.'

  1. Was waiting
  2. The large dog
  3. Outside
  4. Could not
(x)
I cannot state the reason.............I was late for class yesterday :
  1. When
  2. Where
  3. Why
  4. How

SECTION - 'B'

Short Answer Type Questions      5×5=25

2.
Write a short note on phoneme and grapheme

OR

Define Morphs and Allomorphs.
3.
Write a short note on synchrony and Diachrony.

OR

Write a short note on I.C. Analysis.
4.
Write a short note on "Intonation".

OR

Discuss "weak and strong forms of words".
5.
Discuss concept of grammar.

OR

Discuss sentence and Its types.
6.
Write a note on concord.

OR

Define coordination and subordination.

SECTION - 'C'

Long Answer Type Questions      5×9=45

7.
State the classification of Morphemes.

OR

Define Allophones and their characteristics.
8.
Explain the types of linguistics.

OR

Write about Systemic Analysis.
9.
Discuss Major concepts of Phonology.

OR

Write a note on syllable and explain the structure of syllable.
10.
Write about the basics of Transformational Generic Grammar

OR

Discuss Sentence and its Types.
11.
Discuss word classes with examples.

OR

Write about concord.