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Posted Date: 23 Sep 2009 Posted By: Agnes Mary Member Level: Gold
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2006 Madurai Kamaraj University M.A The Study of English Language Question paper
Madurai Kamaraj University Directorate of Distance Education Master of Arts (MA) - English - SRO The Study of English Language May 2006
Time: Three hours
Maximum: 200 marks
May 2006
Answer question no. 1 and FOUR others, choosing TWO from each Section.
1. Write a phonetic transcription of the following passage.
Our diurnal existence is divided into two phases, as distinct as day and night. We call them work and play. We work so many hours a day, and, when we have allowed the necessary minimum for such activities as eating and shopping, the rest we spend in various activities which are known as recreations, an elegant word which disguises the fact that we usually do not even play in our hours of leisure, but spend them in various forms of passive enjoyment or entertainment not football but watching football matches; not acting or walking, but riding in a motor coach. We need to make, therefore, a hard-and-fast distinction not only between work and play but, equally, between active play and passive entertainment.
SECTION A
2. Show the place of English in the Indo-European family of languages.
3. Explain Verner's law.
4. Discuss the contribution of French to the English language.
5. Explain the semantic changes Euphemism, Prudery, Folk Etymology, Degeneration in Meaning and elevation in Meaning.
6. Illustrate the types of word making--composition, Use of Prefix and Suffix and Shortening.
7. How are Milton and the Bible makers of the English language?
8. Write an essay on American English.
SECTION B
9. Write an essay on the vocabulary of science.
10. Explain the Great Vowel Shift.
11. Analyse Structural Grammar.
12. Discuss the Transformational Rules.
13. Write an essay on the contribution of some eminent linguists.
14. Explain comparative philology.
15. Write short notes on FOUR of the following topics: (a) Extension of Meaning (b) Shortening of Words (c) Palatals (d) Herder's theory of language (e) Saussure.
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