LOYOLA COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), CHENNAI – 600 034

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M.A. DEGREE EXAMINATION – ENGLISH LITERATURE

FIRST SEMESTER – November 2008

    EL 1804 – LINGUISTICS

 

 

 

Date : 06-11-08                 Dept. No.                                        Max. : 100 Marks

Time : 1:00 – 4:00

I  Answer any four of the following in about 50 words                                       (4×5=20)

 

Define  Morpholological   Inflection  with  two  examples

Explain parole and Langue

What are the three types of discourse?

Describe any two description of  the vowels of English

What are the characteristic features of a model?

Language is primarily speech and secondarily writing – substantiate

Comment on the following

i)Syntax   ii)Syllable  iii)Semantics

II  Attempt  a broad phonemic  transcription of the following words marking primary and secondary accents            (Visually Challenged students will answer Subdivision ‘ B’ instead of ‘A’)         

(10×1=10)

1. Tradition,    National,    Education,    Telephone,    Comedian ,   University,    Accident,    Experience,     Queen,  Geometry

(For Visually Challenged students  instead of subdivision  ‘A’)

1. Write a paragraph in about 150 words on Assimilation and Elision            (10 marks)

III Write an essay  on the following in about 300 words                                       (20 marks)

Characteristic   feature of a model

(OR)

Suprasegmental Phonology

IV Answer any FIVE of the following in about 50 words each                            (5 x 2 = 10 marks)

1. Write a short note on Diachronic study of language.
2. What is Syntagmatic study of language?
3. What are the other modes by which human communication takes place?
4. Explain the transactional function of language.
5. What is the ‘productivity’ nature of language?
6. What is pragmatic study of language?

V Write paragraph answers for any FOUR  of the following in about 125 words each

(4 x 5 = 20 marks)

1. What are the advantages of Descriptive grammar?
2. What is Taxonomic Grammar?
3. What is Case Grammar?
4. Write a note on Syntax as a system of language.
5. The meaning of a discourse is invested by the producer. Explain

VI Explain the following Linguistic concepts   in about 400 words                                  (20 marks)

Collocational Theory

(OR)

Chomsky’s contribution to Linguistics

 

 

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