LOYOLA COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), CHENNAI – 600 034

LO 36

M.A. DEGREE EXAMINATION – ENGLISH LITERATURE

FIRST SEMESTER – APRIL 2007

EL 1804  – LINGUISTICS

 

 

 

Date & Time: 30/04/2007 / 1:00 – 4:00      Dept. No.                                       Max. : 100 Marks

 

 

PART – A

 

1. Write short notes on ANY FOUR of the following in about 50 words each:           (4 x 4 = 16 marks)
   1. Traditional Grammar.
   2. Bound Morpheme.
   4. Langue and Parole.

 

1. Transcribe the following words marking primary and secondary accents wherever necessary:

(7 x 2 = 14 marks)

 

1. subject (as a verb)
2. language
3. phonological
4. modification
5. paradigmatic
6. literary
7. about

 

III.       Write an essay on ANY ONE of the following:                     (1 x 20 = 20 marks)

 

1. Illustrate with examples the four Saussurean Dichotomies.
2. How would you clarify and distinguish the concepts of phonology, phonetics and phonemics.

 

PART – B

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

1. What is pivot grammar?
2. What is pragmatic study of language?
3. Explain any one limitation of the traditional linguistics
4. Explain synchronic study of language
5. What is psycholinguistics?
6. Which aspect of language does contribute to the meaning of a sentence?

 

V Answer any Two of the following in about 150 words each. (2 x 10 = 20 marks)

 

1. Explain perceptual prominence.
2. Give your arguments against the concept that language acquisition is innate.
3. What is collocational theory?

 

VI Answer the following question in about 300 words.                                                                                (20 marks)

1. What is the contribution of Chomsky to English Grammar.

(or)

What are the three questions one has to understand in analyzing language acquisition

as a psycholinguistic process?

 

 

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