M.A. DEGREE EXAMINATION, APRIL 2016
Fourth Semester
English
HISTORY OF ENGLISH LANGUAGE
(2014 onwards)
Time 3 Hours Maximum 75 Marks
Part A (10 2 20)
Answer all questions in about a sentence or 2 each.
1. Which is the origin of modern English?
2. What is freak formation?
3. Mention any two Latin religious words that came to
English.
4. Give any two Greek suffixes that English borrowed.
5. What is the phonetic transcription of the word "judge"?
6. What are the three parts of the tongue?
7. Define sociolinguistics.
8. What is parole?
9. What are adverbials?
10. What is a kernel sentence?
Sub. Code
701403
RW-10813
2
Sp2
Part B 5 25)
Answer the following questions in about 200 words each.
11. State any five methods by which words have
changed their meaning.
Or
Explain Verner's Law.
12. How does Shakespeare embellish English language?
Or
Trace the evolution of Standard English.
13. Explain accent and rhythm.
Or
Describe elision and assimilation.
14. What are the uses of linguistics in language
teaching?
Or
Describe the scope of psycholinguistics.
15. Explain phrase structure grammar.
Or
Why is it necessary to extend semantics to
pragmatics?
RW-10813
3
Sp2
Part C 10 30)
Answer any three questions in about 500 words each.
16. Examine the place of English in the Indo-European
family of languages.
17. Analyze the influence of Greek and Latin on English.
18. Describe cardinal vowel system.
19. Examine IC analysis and its limitations.
20. Bring out the different approaches toward linguistics.