Total Printed Pages :4] [ Roll No
M/Sem 1/365
M. A. Semester | Examination, 2016-17
ENGLISH
Paper : Course - 1
(Introduction to Linguistics-ENG - 101)
Time : Three Hours ] [ Full Marks : 70
[Write your Roll No. at the top immediately on the
receipt of this question paper.]
Note: Answer all questions. The figures in the margin
indicate marks. Candidates are required to write
their answer in their own words as far as
practicable
SECTION -A
Note: Answer the following questions in about 500
words each : 2x12-24
1. Social dialects are varieties of language used by groups
defined according to class, education, occupation, age,
gender and a number of other social parameters. Explain
with suitable examples.
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OR
What do you mean by constituent structure ?
Represent the analysis of the constituent structure of
the sentence using different types of diagrams.
tylistics is the study and interpretation of texts in
regard to their linguistic and tonal style. Elucidate.
oR
tis a Pidgin and how may it be distinguished
/ er tL
~ from a creo!
SECTION -B
3. Comment on any six of the following in about 200
words each : 6x6=36
J) Arbitrariness
(b) Displacement
(c). Register
(@) Sociolinguistics
(€)’ Descriptive approach
(2)
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(®) Paradigmatic and syntagmatic relationship,
(g)_ The cooperative principle
(h) Accent
(i) Surface structure
SECTION -C
4, Answer the following questions in a word or a
sentence each : 10x1=10
Sa) Language is organised at two levels or layers
simultaneously. This property is called