Veer Narmad South Gujarat University 2011-1st Year B.A SB - 0011 English ( 2 ) . - Question Paper
SB-0011
First Year B. A. Examination March / April - 2011 English : Paper - II
(Structure of Modern English)
Time : Hours] [Total Marks : 70
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Name of the Subject:
English - 2
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(2) All questions are compulsory.
(3) Indicate clearly the options you attempt.
(4) Figures to the right indicate full marks.
1 Give the phonemic transcription of any five of the 9
following sentences :
(i) He always conducts dangerous experiments.
(ii) Hello ! You seem to be very busy this afternoon.
(iii) I'm a visiting professor there, teaching mainly the post-graduate students.
(iv) How can you be so sure about that ?
(v) Dryden was a very great satirist.
(vi) Chewing tobacco is injurious to health.
(vii) When the cat is away the mice play.
(viii) I love watching Tom and Jerry.
2 (a) Do as directed :
(1) Identity the sound (the phoneme) from the
description as given below : (any three) 3
(a) a voiced bilabial plosive..
(b) a back open unrounded vowel.
(c) a voiced palato alveolar affricate.
(d) a voiced velar nasal.
(e) a voiceless labio-dental fricative.
(f) a glide from a centralised back rounded vowel just above half-close to a central unrounded vowel between half-close and half open.
(ii) Describe the phoneme from its symbol as given 3 below : (any three)
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(b) Give the syllabic division by using hyphens as well 4 as the (syllabic) structure of any four of the following words :
(i) cotton
(ii) honest
(iii) friction
(iv) fungus
(v) aesthetic
(vi) apply.
(c) Transcribe the following words phonemically and 4 put primary stress on the correct syllables : (any four)
(i) advancing
(ii) bright
(iii) collect
(iv) postman
(v) absent
(vi) however.
3 (a) Write a short note on any one of the following : 5
(i) Rhythm and weak forms
(ii) Write a note on consonant clusters in English.
(iii) Accent and accent in compound words.
(b) Answer briefly any three of the following : 6
(i) What do you mean by the manner of articulation ?
(ii) Explain the term 'a dipthong'.
(iii) What is a 'syllabic' consonant ?
(iv) Give two examples from English where there is 'linking | y |'.
(v) What is the "Pulmonic air-stream mechanism" ?
Do as directed :
(a) Analyse the following words into Root, Base and 6 Affix/Affixes. Give form label of the root and identify
the affix/affixes as inflectional or derivational :
(any three)
(i) brotherhood.
(ii) irresponsible.
(iii) truth.
(iv) interdisciplinary
(v) dishes.
(vi) harmless.
(vii) hospitalise.
(b) (i) Describe the minor word formation devices 2
of the following with examples :
(a) Clipping
(b) Back-formation.
of the following :
(a) RADAR
(b) Camcorder
(c) Caesarean.
(c) Identify the kind of the phrase, analyse it into Head 8 and Modifier and finally give the form label of each word : (any four)
(i) the road at the back.
(ii) has been sleeping.
(iii) very shortly
(iv) an absolute fool.
(v) the university's council.
(vi) the rising prices.
5 Analyse the sentences given below and give them form 8 labels and function labels : (any four)
(i) That building is very impressive.
(ii) Seema sliced the potatoes with a knife.
(iii) The driver turned sharply.
(iv) Do you like fruits ?
(v) Give them these papers.
(vi) Rama is my friend.
(vii) Prakash must be in the library.
6 Identify the types of sentence with justification.If the sentence has a sub-clause identify and analyse it: (any four)
(i) She asked me why they were not coming.
(ii) I never believed what you told me.
(iii) I wonder if he would take the examination.
(iv) I saw him while he was crossing the road.
(v) Entering the room. I found the book on the shelt.
(vi) We were hopeful that she would survive.
(vii) She was unhappy or she was upset.
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