RGU Question Paper English Semester VI 2021: Linguistics

JUNE-2021

B.A. (VI Semester) Examination

ENGLISH

Paper: BENG-612(M) (Block-B-II)

(LINGUISTICS)

Full Marks : 80

Pass Marks : 35%

Time : Three Hours

Notes: (i) Answer all questions.

(ii) The figures in the margin indicate full marks for the Questions

UNIT-A

1. “Linguistics is the scientific study of Language” Discuss     16

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What is Psycholinguistics? Highlight its nature and scope.     16

UNIT-B

2. Explain and illustrate language variation.     16

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What is register in linguistics? Explain with examples 16 

UNIT-C

3. What are vowels? What are the criteria used to classify them?     16

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What are the mechanisms involved in the process of speech production?     16

UNIT-D

4. Discuss the importance of morphology in the study of language     16

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What is inflectional morphology and what is derivational morphology     16

UNIT-E

5. Describe th Or e grammatical categories in English      16

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Write a note on transformations with examples taken from English used in multiple contexts.     16

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