Attempt any FOUR questions. All questions carry equal marks.
1. What is language? Discuss the major properties of human language in detail.
2. "Speech sounds can be identified in terms of their articulation properties". Discuss this statement in relation to the manner of articulation of consonants.
3. Different articulators take part in the production of speech sounds. Discuss these articulators in detail. Support your answer with the help of diagram.
4. Write a comprehensive note on Sociolinguistics and its significance.
5. (a) Phrase structure rules allow us to generate a very large number of sentencs with small number of rules. Elaborate with the help of suitable examples.
(b) Draw a tree diagram for the following sentenc giving P-Markers.
We looked through my grandmother's old photo albums.
6. Write a detailed note on historical linguistics.
7. Write notes on TWO of the following.
(i) Stylistics
(ii) Articulatory & Auditory Phonetics
(iii) Code Switching
(iv) Free & Bound Morphemes
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