LOYOLA COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), CHENNAI – 600 034

M.A. DEGREE EXAMINATION – ENGLISH LITERATURE

LO 67

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

 

1. Write notes on ANY FOUR of the following in not more than 75 words. (4x 5 = 20)

 

1. The babyhood and the childhood phases in the sociolinguistic development of a child.
2. Focusing and Diffusion in the context of conformity and individualism.
3. Diglossia and language variation.
4. Pidgins and the process of variety-synthesis.
5. Deficit Hypothesis of Bernstein.
6. f) Prototype theory of concepts.

 

1. Answer ANY TWO of the following in about 450 words:  (2 x 20 = 40)

 

1. Explain the sociolinguistic insights in the real but exotic world of the north-west Amazon.
2. Critically consider the sociolinguistic position that “there is no real distinction to be drawn between ‘language’ and ‘dialect’”.
3. Examine the Sapir-Whorf hypothesis in the context of language and thought.

 

 

PART – B

 

1. Write notes on ANY FOUR of the following in not more than 75 words. (4x 5 = 20)
   1. Why there is subjectivity among people? Give two reasons.
   2. Hoe do people differ in their language due to their religions?
   3. Is subjectivity justified in our estimate of others’ language use?
   4. Comment on different pronunciations in the same language.
   5.  Stereotypes in language use.

 

2. Answer ANY ONE of the following in about 450 words: (1 x 20 = 20)

 

1. a) Write an essay on Linguistic and Communicative inequality in language.
2. b) Analyse hoe relationships among people can be governed by their

use of same language or different languages.

 

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