December-2022
BA (III Semester) Examination (CBCS)
ENGLISH
Paper: ENG-G-215
( Language and Linguistics )
Full Marks: 80
Pass Marks: 35%
Time: Three Hours
Note: 1. Questions are divided into three Sections-A, B and C.
2. Answer the questions as directed in each Section.
3. The figures in the margin indicate full marks for the questions.
Section-A
1. Explain any four of the following: 5×4=20
(a) Lingua franca
(b) Register
(c) Pidgin
(d) Idiolect
(e) Language varieties
(f) Bound morpheme
Section-B
2. Answer any three of the following questions: 10×3=30
(a) Explain psycholinguistics and language acquisition.
(b) What is the difference between a language and a dialect?
(c) What is the difference between phonology and morphology?
(d) Explain the constituent structure in syntax with the help of tree diagram.
(e) Discuss the process of creolization of a language.
Section-C
3. Answer any two of the following questions: 15×2=30
(a) How is human communication different from animal communication? Discuss.
(b) What is linguistics? Discuss its subfields.
(c) How are vowel sounds in English classified?
(d) What is derivational and inflectional morphology?
