BHARATHIDASAN UNIVERSITY SAMPLE QUESTION PAPER -- ENGLISH LITERATURE/ UGCNET/ TNSET/PGTRB/COLLEGE TRB/POLYTECHNIC TRB

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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 English.

13. (a) Write a note on syntax.

Or

(b) Distinguish between diachronic and  synchronic study of language. 

14. (a) Explain the features of structural linguistics.

Or

(b) Explain the objectives of psycholinguistics.

15. (a) What is Discourse Analysis? What are its uses?
Or

(b) Explain the relationship between language and literature.

PART C-(3× 10 = 30)

Answer any THREE questions in about 1000 words each.

16. Trace the origin and development of language.

17. Explain consonant sounds in English.

18. Give an account of the varieties within a language.

19. Explain the nature and features of Applied Linguistics.

20. What is lexicography? Describe the various types of dictionaries.

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