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M.A. (Part-I)
ENGLISH
Paper- 1.3: English Language Today
(Sem.-I) (2008 Pattern)
Time : 3 Hours] [Max Marks : 80

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Instructions to the candidates :
1) All questions are Compulsory.
2) Figures to the right indicate full marks.

Q1) Answer any FOUR of the following in not more than 200 words each:[16]
a) Bring out the difference between active and passive organs of speech.
b) Explain the difference between pure vowels and diphthongs.
c) What distinguishes semivowels from other consonants in English?
d) Explain the terms 'tonic accent' 'pre-tonic accent' and 'post-tonic accent'.
e) Write a note on tone group division.
f) What is a syllabic consonant? Explain with examples.

Q2) Answer any FOUR of the following in not more than 200 words each:[16]
a) What are the three types of words according to their morphemic constituents ?
b) Distinguish between morphology and syntax.
c) Explain the concept of zero morpheme with suitable examples.
d) What is an allomorph? How is it different from morpheme?
e) Bring out the difference between 'blends' and 'compounds'.
f) Write a note on 'prefix', 'suffix' and 'infix'.

Q3) Write short notes on any FOUR of the following in not more than 200 words each : [16]
a) Wh-questions and yes-on questions.
b) Different types of quantifiers in English.
c) Demonstrative pronouns in English.
d) Characteristics of adverbs.
e) Syntactic functions of prepositional phrases.
f) Subject-verb concord, notional concord and proximity.


Q4) Answer any FOUR of the following in not more than 200 words each : [16]
a) Why is 'meaning' considered a very vague term?
b) Explain how semantics is different from pragmatics.
c) Write a note on affective meaning.
d) Explain the term homonymy with suitable examples.
e) What is the difference between gradable and ungradable antonyms ?
f) What do you understand by the term 'prototype'?