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Name: _____________________________ Roll No._______________

Govt. Postgraduate College, Haripur

Department of English

PAPER: WORLD ENGLISHES

(Terminal Exam, Fall-2018, 7th Semester, Linguistics Section)

SECTION-A (MCQs)

Time: 10 Minutes Marks: 10

Note: Fill in the box with the correct answer given against each question. Cutting or
erasing in the box will not be credited to any mark.

1. What term is used for the standard form of Jamaican English?

(Basilect/Mesolect/Acrolect/None of these)

2. What position does ‘Topicalization’ refer to? (Pre Subject/Subject/Post Subject/Object)

3. To Kachru, which ‘Circle’ Ireland is a part of? (Inner/Outer/Expanding/None of these)

4. From what viewpoint does a ‘deviation’, according to Kachru, denote a mistake? (New
Englishes/Standard English/Local languages/None of these)

5. Which ‘Article’ may be deleted or replaced by the form ‘one’? (a/an/the/None of these)

6. Which language has no articles at all? (Spanish/Italian/Rissian/Chinese)

7. Before which initial of the next word, the past tense /d/ ending is dropped? (m/n/s/t)

8. In ‘Come here’, which form of ‘come’ has been used? (Base/Present/Past/None of these)

9. Which type of ‘Be’ has been used in ‘She is tall’? (Copular/Existential/Habitual/Passive)

10. Which form of Verb is always used in Pasive Voice? (Base/Present/Past/None of these)
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Govt. Postgraduate College, Haripur

Department of English

PAPER: WORLD ENGLISHES

(Terminal Exam, Fall-2018, 7th Semester, Linguistics Section)

SECTION-B (LONG QUESTIONS)

Time: 1 Hour & 50 Minutes Marks: 40

Note: Illustrate any TWO of the following types of deviations in New Englishes
with the help of relevant examples:

1. Noun Phrase

2. Verb Phrase

3. Word Order