Semester : SEMESTER 5
Subject : LANGUAGE AND LINGUISTICS
Year : 2022
Term : NOVEMBER
Branch : ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE
Scheme : 2020 Full Time
Course Code : ENG 5B 09
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The theory of Transformation and Generative Grammar was proposed by :
(A) Sapir. (B) Bloomfield.
(C) Chomsky. (D) Max Mullaer.
“To drive carefully” is an instance of :
(3) Participle phrase. (ம) Gerund phrase.
(C) Infinitive phrase. (D) Verb phrase.
If a sentence consists of a noun phrase and a verb phrase, its representation is :
(A) S>NP+VP. (B) SVP + PP.
(C) S>VP+NP. (D) S— Det + NP.
Transcribe the word bagged :
(A) /beegd/. (5) /ba:gd/.
(C) //beged/. (D) /ba:ged/.
The study of signs is called :
(A) Syntax. (B) Semiology.
(C) Phonology. (D) Morphology.
A word is shortened to form another word by retaining its final part is called :
(^) Fore clipping. (B) Back clipping.
(C) Initialism. (D) Acronym.
Which of these is a historical approach to language ?
(A) Synchronic. (3) Diachronic.
(C) Comparative. (D) Philosophical.
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