LOYOLA COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), CHENNAI – 600 034
M.A. DEGREE EXAMINATION – ENGLISH LITERATURE
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FOURTH SEMESTER – APRIL 2007
EL 4953 / 2802- SOCIOLINGUISTICS & DISCOURSE ANALYSIS
Date & Time: 23/04/2007 / 9:00 – 12:00 Dept. No. Max. : 100 Marks
PART – A
- Write notes on ANY FOUR of the following in not more than 75 words. (4x 5 = 20)
- The babyhood and the childhood phases in the sociolinguistic development of a child.
- Focusing and Diffusion in the context of conformity and individualism.
- Diglossia and language variation.
- Pidgins and the process of variety-synthesis.
- Deficit Hypothesis of Bernstein.
- f) Prototype theory of concepts.
- Answer ANY TWO of the following in about 450 words: (2 x 20 = 40)
- Explain the sociolinguistic insights in the real but exotic world of the north-west Amazon.
- Critically consider the sociolinguistic position that “there is no real distinction to be drawn between ‘language’ and ‘dialect’”.
- Examine the Sapir-Whorf hypothesis in the context of language and thought.
PART – B
- Write notes on ANY FOUR of the following in not more than 75 words. (4x 5 = 20)
- Why there is subjectivity among people? Give two reasons.
- Hoe do people differ in their language due to their religions?
- Is subjectivity justified in our estimate of others’ language use?
- Comment on different pronunciations in the same language.
- Stereotypes in language use.
- Answer ANY ONE of the following in about 450 words: (1 x 20 = 20)
- a) Write an essay on Linguistic and Communicative inequality in language.
- b) Analyse hoe relationships among people can be governed by their
use of same language or different languages.