Tamil Nadu Open University (TNOU) 2009 B.A English Beg-35 : introduction in language and linguistics ,uary - Question Paper

UG - 304 BEG-35

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B.A. DEGREE EXAMINATION JANUARY 2009

(AY - 2004-05 batch onwards)

Third Year

English

BEG-35 : INTRODUCTION IN LANGUAGE AND LINGUISTICS

Time : 3 hours ( Maximum marks : 75)

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1. Answer any THREE of the following in about 50 words each : (3 * 5 = 15)

(a) Gender

(b) Britons and Romans

(c) Morpheme

(d) Redundancy

(e) Cohesion

(f) Sentence stress

2. Answer any THREE of the following in about 150 words each : (3 * 10 = 30)

(a) Differences in vocabulary

(b) Word classes

(c) Consonant Clusters

(d) Vowel shift

(e) Stress Patterns

(f) Noun Phrase

3. Write any TWO of the following in about 200 words each : (2 *15 = 30)

(a) Classify the Consonants according to manner of articulation.

(b) List the problems of spelling and pronunciation.

(c) Describe the commonest ways in which words change their meanings.

(d) Explain the evolution of Indian English.

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