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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. P.T. 0. M/Sem U365 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) MWiSem 1/365 (®) 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

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