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BHARATHIDASAN UNIVERSITY SAMPLE QUESTION PAPER -- ENGLISH LITERATURE S.No. 8098 P16 EN 11 (For candidates admitted from 2016-2017 onwards) M.A. DEGREE EXAMINATION, NOVEMBER 2019. English - Major LANGUAGE AND LINGUISTICS Time: Three hours Maximum: 75 marks PART A-(10×2=20) Answer the following in a sentence or two each. 1 Define a word. 2 Write any two differences between spoken language and written language. 3. What is a diphthong? Give an example. 4. What is a dialect? 5. What is morphology? 6. What is synchronic study of language? 7. What is 'lexical category' in Structural Grammar? 8. What is the purpose of sociolinguistics? 9. What is dyslexia? 10. What is a "special purpose dictionary"? PART B-(5×5=25) Answer ALL questions, choosing either (a) or (b). 11. (a) Analyse the core features of human language. Or (b) Distinguish between human language and animal language. 12. (a) Discuss the relationship between gender and language. Or (b) Explain the vowel system in En...

BHARATHIDASAN UNIVERSITY SAMPLE QUESTION PAPER– ENGLISH LITERATURE S.No. 8101 P 16 EN 14 (For candidates admitted from 2016-2017 onwards) M.A. DEGREE EXAMINATION, NOVEMBER 2019. English Major INDIAN WRITING IN ENGLISH Time: Three hours Maximum: 75 marks PART A-(10 × 2 = 20) Answer ALL questions.. 1. What is the mood of the poem "Our Casuarina Tree"? 2. What is the theme of "A Hot Noon in Malabar"? 3. What is the central idea of Discovery of India Chapter 5? 4. Why does Radhakrishnan consider nuclear weapons dangerous? 5. What is myth used in The Fire and the Rain? 6. How did Chandan cause the death of Tara? 7. What is the theme of Two Leaves and a Bud? 8. Why did Ira's husband desert her? 9. What is the childhood prophesy for Maya? 10. Who is Kamat in That Long Silence? PART B-(5×5=25) Answer ALL questions, choosing either (a) or (b). 11. (a) Explain Parthasarathy's description of the river in "River once". Or (b) Explain the theme of "Obituar...