ALLAMA IQBAL OPEN UNIVERSITY, ISLAMABAD

(Department of English Language and Applied Linguistics)

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Course: History of English Language (9052)

Level: BS (English) Semester: Spring, 2020
Total Marks: 100

Pass Marks: 50
ASSIGNMENT No. 1
(Units: 1-4)

Q.1 Why do we study the history of a language? Explain with examples. (20)

Q.2 What are artificial languages and why did all efforts to unify the globe over a single
language fail? (20)

Q.3 Define what is family of languages? What is the significance of the Indo-European
family of languages and why do we need to know about it in the context of the
English language? (20)

Q.4 What factors contribute towards the creation of new languages? Explain with
examples. (20)

Q.5 How did Latin words enter old English? Explain with reference to the Romanization of
England. (20)

ASSIGNMENT No. 2
(Units: 5-9)
Total Marks: 100

Pass Marks: 50

Q.1 What far reaching impact did the loss of Normandy in the region of King John had
on the English language? (20)

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Q.2 What factors contributed to the decline of French usage in England in the thirteenth
century? (20)
Q.3 How can a language characterize the social class of its users? Explain with the help
of appropriate examples. (20)

Q.4 How did the decay of inflectional endings impact the pronunciation of words in
Middle English? (20)

Q.5 the order of words were more fixed in Middle English. Explain the statement with
appropriate examples. (20)