LOYOLA COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), CHENNAI – 600 034
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M.A. DEGREE EXAMINATION – ENGLISH LITERATURE
FOURTH SEMESTER – APRIL 2008
EL 4953 – SOCIOLINGUISTICS & DISCOURSE ANALYSIS
Date : 25/04/2008 Dept. No. Max. : 100 Marks
Time : 9:00 – 12:00
SECTION – A
- Write short notes on ANY FOUR in about 75 words: (4 x 5 = 20 marks)
- The family tree model
- Basic-level concepts
- Code-switching
- The process of creolisation
- Bernstein’s Deficit Hypothesis
- Why does R.H. Hudson call the world of the north-west Amazon “a real but exotic world”?
- Answer ANY TWO: (2 x 20 = 40 marks)
- How would you justify the view that there is no real distinction to be drawn between ‘language’ and ‘dialect’?
- Examine the scope and relevance of sociolinguistics
- Discuss the observation that “the semantic system of a language is linked to the culture of its speakers – but only loosely.”
SECTION – B
Answer any TWO of the following (2x 20 = 40 marks)
3.
- How do the concepts of lexical patterning and lexical choice operate in the usage of language in various contexts?
- What factors determine the speech and gender differences?
- Explain the concept of language and inequality in terms of subjective, strictly
linguistic and communicative aspects.
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