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II. Answer the following questions in a paragraph. 5 marks each. (Ceiling 35 marks) :

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Transcribe the following passage :

The tent roof was translucent, wet parchment, spotted on the outside with early dew. Bird
voices twirled over my ears, intricate as skaters or running water, the air filling with
liquid syllables.

Competence and Performance.
Deep and surface structure.
Ambiguity.

Syllable.

Allophonic variants of /p/
Elision.

Diachronic linguistics.

III. Answer any two questions as essays :

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Discuss in brief the various air stream mechanisms and the organs of speech involved in

the production of speech sounds.
Explain Phrase Structure Grammar and its significance.
Elaborate on the fundamental processes of word formation in English.

What are the supra segmental features in language ?
(2 x 10 = 20 marks)