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FIFTH SEMESTER B.A. DEGREE EXAMINATION, NOVEMBER 2019

(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 The theory which is based on the assumption that language originated in the sense of rhythm
innate in man :

(a) Ding Dong theory. (b) The Bow-vow theory.
{c) The Pooh-pooh theory. (d) The Gesture theory.

2 Human language is structured at the levels of phonemes and morphemes and at the level of
words. This property of language is called

(a) Duality of structure. (b) Recursiveness.
{c) Displacement. (d) Transference.

3 Who introduced in linguistics the concept of Langue and Parole ?
(a) Charles Sanders Pierce. (b) Ferdinand de Saussure.
(c) Noam Chomsky. (d) Edward Sapir.

4 Acollection of similar Idiolect make up

(a) Dialect. (ம) 1001௦0.
(௦) Register. (d) Slang.
5 The older term used to designate the study of languages is
(a) Philology. (0) Haplology.
(c) Phonology. (d) Semiology.
6 ர ಸಚ is a unit of speech which is at a level higher than the speech sound or phoneme.
(a) Syllable. (b) Stress.
(c) Intonation. (d) Pitch.

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