Past Paper Linguistics 2014 | M.A. English Part II (PU) | Eureka Study Aids

Attempt any FOUR questions. All questions carry equal marks. 

1. How is human language different from animal communication? 

2. Write a detailed description of Psycholinguistics. 

3. Describe in detail the fricatives, affricates and plosives of RP with reference to manner and place of articulation. 

4. (a) What is I.C. Analysis? Discuss its major flaws.

(b) Draw a tree diagram for the following sentence giving P-Maker:

The man is waiting outside the dentist's office. 

5. How do the concepts of homonymy and synonymy aid in Componential Analysis? 

6. Discuss some of the Stylistic devices in language which are used to produce expressive or literary style. 

7. Write notes on any TWO of the following:

(i) Diphthongs

(ii) Bilingualism 

(iii) Morphology

(iv) The Cardinal Vowel System