Tamil Nadu Open University (TNOU) 2009-3rd Year B.A English >> LANGUAGE AND LINGUISTICS>>E .>> - Question Paper
B.A. DEGREE exam –
JUNE 2009.
Third Year
(AY 2003-04 and CY 2004 batches only)
English
LANGUAGE AND LINGUISTICS
Time : three hours Maximum marks : 75
I. Write short notes on 5 of the subsequent in about 30 words every : (5 x three = 15)
1. What are the components of Rhetoric?
2. What are the 2 types of transcriptions?
3. How does grammar make distinction ranging from clause and phrase?
4. Why do traditional grammarians refer the embedded sentence? As why?
5. Diachronic analysis or historical linguistics.
6. Close vowels.
7. How are consonants described?
8. Productivity.
II. Write short essays in 200 words on any 3 of the subsequent : (3 x 10 = 30)
9. The contribution of Chaucer/Hopkins to the English language.
10. Components of Rhetoric.
11. Discuss English as a world language.
12. Describe the articulation of speech sounds.
13. Describe and classify the diphthongs in English.
14. Discuss the sound modifications in English.
III. Write essays on any 2 of the subsequent in about 200 words every : (2 x 10 = 20)
15. Writing and speech in relation to grammatical description.
16. Discuss concord and government and their relevance to the grammatical structure of English.
17. What is the need for phonetic transcription?
18. Interactional and transactional functions of language.
IV. Transcribe the subsequent words phonemically and mark the stress : (5)
19. (a) entertain
(b) represent
(c) behind
(d) teacher
(e) survey.
20. Transcribe the subsequent phrases phonemically and mark the stress : (5)
(a) There were too many people there.
(b) They all sat down on the floor.
(c) They were in a terrible mess.
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B.A. DEGREE EXAMINATION
JUNE 2009.
Third Year
(AY 2003-04 and CY 2004 batches only)
English
LANGUAGE AND LINGUISTICS
Time : 3 hours Maximum marks : 75
I. Write short notes on FIVE of the following in about 30 words each : (5 3 = 15)
1. What are the components of Rhetoric?
2. What are the two kinds of transcriptions?
3. How does grammar make distinction between clause and phrase?
4. Why do traditional grammarians refer the embedded sentence? As why?
5. Diachronic analysis or historical linguistics.
6. Close vowels.
7. How are consonants described?
8. Productivity.
II. Write short essays in 200 words on any THREE of the following : (3 10 = 30)
9. The contribution of Chaucer/Hopkins to the English language.
10. Components of Rhetoric.
11. Discuss English as a world language.
12. Describe the articulation of speech sounds.
13. Describe and classify the diphthongs in English.
14. Discuss the sound changes in English.
III. Write essays on any TWO of the following in about 200 words each : (2 10 = 20)
15. Writing and speech in relation to grammatical description.
16. Discuss concord and government and their relevance to the grammatical structure of English.
17. What is the need for phonetic transcription?
18. Interactional and transactional functions of language.
IV. Transcribe the following words phonemically and mark the stress : (5)
19. (a) entertain
(b) represent
(c) behind
(d) teacher
(e) survey.
20. Transcribe the following sentences phonemically and mark the stress : (5)
(a) There were too many people there.
(b) They all sat down on the floor.
(c) They were in a terrible mess.
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