The Islamia University of Bahawalpur

Bahawalnagar Campus
Department of English
M.A. English
st
1 Semester (Final Term)
Session 2019-2020 (Fall)

Name: _____________________ Roll No: ________

Subject: General Linguistics Course Instructor: Dr. Bushra Shoukat
Course Code: 21104 Time Allowed: 30 mins. Total Marks: 20

Objective
Q # 1. Multiple choice questions are given in this part. Choose the correct option. Cutting and
over writing carries no marks.
“cups” is an example of
(a) Open syllable (b) Closed syllable (c) Initial consonant cluster (d) Assimilation
Any _______ becomes a nasal whenever it immediately precedes a nasal
(a) Consonant (b) Vowel (c) Both (d) None
“Younme” instead of you and me is an example of
(a) Phonotactics (b) Assimilation (c) Elision (d) Normal speech
Which of the following is exactly a syllabic consonant?
(a)Race (b) Button (c) Once (d) Appear
The word “jewel” is borrowed from
(a) Dutch (b) Persian (c) Turkish (d) French
_______ is the example of blending.
(a) Doornob (b) Sofa (c) Bit (d) Worker
_________ belongs to the category of backformation.
(a) AIDS (b)Playfull (c) Hoover (d) opt
A trade mark for paper tissue is
(a) granola (b) kleenex (c) teflon (d) xerox
___________ is incorporated in another word.
(a) Affix (b) Infix (c) Suffix (d) Prefix
Which of the following is syntactically well formed phrase?
(a) tree the tall (b) tall tree the (c) the tree tall (d) the tall tree
There are ___________ types of agreement.
(a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 5 (d) 6
Sara reads faster than I”, is an example of
(a) Descriptive approach (b) Natural gender (c) hypercorrection (d) Ambiguity
NP covers ____________
(a) Art N (b) Pro (c) PN (d) All
Who invented the term “portmanteau”?
(a) George Yule (b) Noam Chomsky (c) Shakespeare (d) Lewis Carrol
The word shampoo has its origin in ____________ language.
(a) Greek (b) Latin (c) Hindi (d) Arabic
“Tuxedo” means
(a) murder (b) small hut (c) secret (d) man’s dinner jacket
Children is a plural form of a child, has been made by applying _________ conditioning.
(a) Lexical (b) Morphological (c) Phonological (d) All
The use of arrow in structural analysis indicates ________________.
(a) Option (b) Mandatory (c) Rewrites (d) Ungrammatical
The ball in “the ball was red.” is
(a) Agent (b) Theme (c) Instrument (d) Experience
Married/single is an example of
(a) Gradable Antonym (b) Non- Gradable Antonym
(c) Reversive Antonym (d) Reciprocal Antonym
 Short Questions
M.A. English 1st Semester (Final Term)
Name: _______________________ Roll No. _____ Time Allowed: 35 mins.
Subject: G. Linguistics Course Code: 21104 Total Marks: /14

Q.No.2 Write short answers of the following questions in given space. Attempt all questions. 7*2=10
i) What are the two main types of meaning, give example too.
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ii) Differentiate between competence and performance.

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iii) What are initialisms, provide example also.

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iv) Morphologically describe "Sara’s two brothers are really same".

v) Draw tree diagram for “Ali doubted that Aamir facilitated Umar”.

vi) Transcribe the following:

Syntax: _______________________
Morphology: ___________________________

vii) Transcribe the following:

Formation: ____________________
Tree: __________________________
 Long Questions
M.A. English 1st Semester (Final Term)
Subject: G. Linguistics Course Code: 21104 Time Allowed: 55 mins. Total Marks: 16

Q # 3. Describe in detail the free and bound morphemes.

Q # 4. Write a comprehensive note on the following terms:
i) Collocation
ii) Metonymy
iii) Prototype
iv) Word play

Good Luck

Long Questions
M.A. English 1st Semester (Final Term)
Subject: G. Linguistics Course Code: 21104 Time Allowed: 55 mins. Total Marks: 16

Q # 3. Describe in detail the free and bound morphemes.

Q # 4. Write a comprehensive note on the following terms:
i) Collocation
ii) Metonymy
iii) Prototype
iv) Word play

Good Luck

Long Questions
M.A. English 1st Semester (Final Term)
Subject: G. Linguistics Course Code: 21104 Time Allowed: 55 mins. Total Marks: 16

Q # 3. Describe in detail the free and bound morphemes.

Q # 4. Write a comprehensive note on the following terms:
i) Collocation
ii) Metonymy
iii) Prototype
iv) Word play

Good Luck
Long Questions
M.A. English 1st Semester (Final Term)
Subject: G. Linguistics Course Code: 21104 Time Allowed: 55 mins. Total Marks: 16

Q # 3. Describe in detail the free and bound morphemes.

Q # 4. Write a comprehensive note on the following terms:
i) Collocation
ii) Metonymy
iii) Prototype
iv) Word play

Good Luck