FIFTH SEMESTER B.A. DEGREE EXAMINATION, NOVEMBER 2018

(CUCBCSS—UG)
English
ENG 5B 02/DMENG 5B 02—LANGUAGE AND LINGUISTICS
Time : Three Hours Maximum : 80 Marks

I. Answer all the following questions :
1. Which among the following statements is not true ?
(a) Language is a means of communication.
(b) Language is symbolic.
(c) Language is structural.

(9) Language is the only means of communication.

2. Using a finite set of rules a speaker can produce innumerable grammatical utterances. This
property of language is called
(a) Duality of structure. (b) Recursiveness.
(c) Displacement. (d) Transference.
3. Who introduced in linguistics the concept of Competence and performance ?
(a) Charles Sanders Pierce. (b) Ferdinand de Saussure.
(c) Noam Chomsky. (d) Edward Sapir.
4. The language variety which has certain features which are typical of certain disciplines,
topics, fields, occupations and social roles played by the speaker, is called
{a) Dialect. (൪ Idiolect.
(b) Register. (0) Slang.
5.

is the basis of all sounds in English language and in most languages in India.
(a) The pulmonic air stream mechanism.

(b) The glotalic air stream mechanism.
(०) The velaric air stream mechanism.
(d) None of the above.