UNIVERSITY EXAMINATIONS 2017/2018 ACADEMIC YEAR

2ND YEAR EXAMINATION FOR THE DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF

EDUCATION (ARTS), BACHELOR OF EDUCATION SPECIAL NEEDS
AND BACHELOR OF ARTS

COURSE CODE/ TITLE: ALE B204: MORPHOLOGY, SYNTAX AND

SEMANTICS

END OF SEMESTER II DURATION: 2 HRS

DAY/TIME:TUESDAY 12.00AM – 2.00PM DATE:26/6/2018

INSTRUCTIONS: ANSWER QUESTION ONE AND ANY OTHER TWO

Question One

a) Differentiate between a base, root and a stem

b) Differentiate between a phrase, a clause and a sentence
c) Differentiate between connotative and denotative meaning. (30marks)

Question Two

Arokoyo (2013) states that ‘Morphological typology does not consider Genetic or
historical relationship between languages but rather it considers structural similarities”.
Discuss. (20marks)

Question Three

While giving illustrations from any language, discuss any ten word formation processes
that exist in that language. (20marks)

Question Four

Justify the classification of English sentences based on their functions. (20marks)

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Question Five

While making a close reference to the English language, discuss any six types of sense
relations. (20marks)

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