Univesity Of Pune Question Paper
M.A. (Part - I)
ENGLISH
Paper - 1.3 : English Language Today
(2008 Pattern) (Semester - I)
Time : 3 Hours] [Max. Marks : 80
Instructions to the candidates:
1) All questions are compulsory.
2) Figures to the right indicate full marks.
Q1) Answer any four of the following in not more than 200 words each : [16]
a) What are affricates in British English? Explain.
b) Illustrate ‘diphthongs’ in R.P. English.
c) Write a note on phonemic variations and its effect on communication.
d) What are the intonation patterns in English?
e) Write a note on ‘weak forms’ in British English.
f) What are the uses the falling tone?
Q2) Answer any four of the following in not more than 200 words each : [16]
a) Bring out the difference between morpheme and allomorph.
b) Explain conversion and clipping as the processes of word- formation.
c) What is ‘an allomorph?’ Explain with examples.
d) Explain with examples the ‘bound’ morphemes and define ‘inflectional’
and ‘derivational’ categories.
e) Illustrate the concepts of infix and zero affix as the class maintaining
morphemes.
f) What is the prefixation as the process of word formation?
Q3) Write short notes on any four of the following in about 200 words each : [16]
a) Closed-class items in parts of speech.
b) Adjective clause.
c) Adverbials.
d) Non-count noun in English.
e) Indefinite Personal Pronouns.
f) The Subject Complement.
Q4 Answer any four of the following in not more than 200 words each : [16]
a) How does ‘semantics’ contribute to sociolinguistics?
b) Discuss ‘synonymy’ as the component of meaning.
c) Explain the gradable and non-gradable antonyms.
d) Explain the concept of ‘prototypes’ with examples.
e) Explain the lexical relation in ‘homonymy’ and ‘polysemy.’
f) Define collocation as an aspect of our knowledge of words.
Q5) a) Attempt any four of the following. [4]
i) The labio-dental fricatives in English are .............. and ..............
ii) Transcribe the word- ‘development’ phonemically and mark stress.
iii) Identify the syllables in the word ‘psychologically’ and show the
structure of syllables.
iv) Divide the following sentence into the tone groups and underline
the nucleus accent.
‘Can you do me a favour, hand me that pencil.’
v) Mark the stress and intonation in the following sentence.
‘The longer it takes them to get to it, the bigger the pain it’s
going to be.
vi) Identify and explain the features of aspirated consonants in the words.
‘Can you tell me the truth?’
b) Attempt any four of the following. [4]
i) Draw a tree diagram to provide the morphological analysis of-
‘engagement’
ii) Identify the ‘inflectional’ and ‘derivational’ suffix in the words -
‘disillusionment’ and ‘disillusioned’
iii) Comment on the allomorphic variants in- ‘booked’ and ‘boarded.’
iv) Form the words by using the prefixes ‘-bi’ and ‘div)
Identify the process of word formation in the following words.
‘recap’ and ‘handkerchief’
vi) Give two examples of ‘acronyms’ as a process of word formation.
c) Attempt any four of the following. [4]
i) Identify the semantic sub-classification of adjectives in the
following.
‘The three basic needs of human beings are to be satisfied.’
ii) Frame a sentence to give an example of-
‘subordinate clause.’
iii) Classify the underlined pronoun in the following sentence.
‘You have to obey this.’
iv) Define the syntactic function of the Noun phrase in the following.
‘A man of action can achieve his goal.’
v) Identify the error in the following sentence and explain.
‘Everyone has its own way of living life.’
vi) Frame a sentence to give an example of- ‘object complement.’
d) Attempt any four of the following. [4]
i) Say whether the following are usual or unusual collocations.
1) black water
2) salt water
ii) Comment on the lexical relations in the pair-’daffodil’ and ‘flower.’
iii) Explain the underlined words in the following sentence as
‘homonymy.’-
‘what about a date?’
iv) Set out the semantics by applying componential analysis of- ‘bird’
v) Explain the relationship of the underlined words in the following.
‘He kept a foot on the slab at the foot of the tower.’
vi) Explain the associative meaning as the aspect of context in the
study of meaning of deictic term in the following sentence.
‘He was a black sheep among them’.
M.A. (Part - I)
ENGLISH
Paper - 1.3 : English Language Today
(2008 Pattern) (Semester - I)
Time : 3 Hours] [Max. Marks : 80
Instructions to the candidates:
1) All questions are compulsory.
2) Figures to the right indicate full marks.
Q1) Answer any four of the following in not more than 200 words each : [16]
a) What are affricates in British English? Explain.
b) Illustrate ‘diphthongs’ in R.P. English.
c) Write a note on phonemic variations and its effect on communication.
d) What are the intonation patterns in English?
e) Write a note on ‘weak forms’ in British English.
f) What are the uses the falling tone?
Q2) Answer any four of the following in not more than 200 words each : [16]
a) Bring out the difference between morpheme and allomorph.
b) Explain conversion and clipping as the processes of word- formation.
c) What is ‘an allomorph?’ Explain with examples.
d) Explain with examples the ‘bound’ morphemes and define ‘inflectional’
and ‘derivational’ categories.
e) Illustrate the concepts of infix and zero affix as the class maintaining
morphemes.
f) What is the prefixation as the process of word formation?
Q3) Write short notes on any four of the following in about 200 words each : [16]
a) Closed-class items in parts of speech.
b) Adjective clause.
c) Adverbials.
d) Non-count noun in English.
e) Indefinite Personal Pronouns.
f) The Subject Complement.
Q4 Answer any four of the following in not more than 200 words each : [16]
a) How does ‘semantics’ contribute to sociolinguistics?
b) Discuss ‘synonymy’ as the component of meaning.
c) Explain the gradable and non-gradable antonyms.
d) Explain the concept of ‘prototypes’ with examples.
e) Explain the lexical relation in ‘homonymy’ and ‘polysemy.’
f) Define collocation as an aspect of our knowledge of words.
Q5) a) Attempt any four of the following. [4]
i) The labio-dental fricatives in English are .............. and ..............
ii) Transcribe the word- ‘development’ phonemically and mark stress.
iii) Identify the syllables in the word ‘psychologically’ and show the
structure of syllables.
iv) Divide the following sentence into the tone groups and underline
the nucleus accent.
‘Can you do me a favour, hand me that pencil.’
v) Mark the stress and intonation in the following sentence.
‘The longer it takes them to get to it, the bigger the pain it’s
going to be.
vi) Identify and explain the features of aspirated consonants in the words.
‘Can you tell me the truth?’
b) Attempt any four of the following. [4]
i) Draw a tree diagram to provide the morphological analysis of-
‘engagement’
ii) Identify the ‘inflectional’ and ‘derivational’ suffix in the words -
‘disillusionment’ and ‘disillusioned’
iii) Comment on the allomorphic variants in- ‘booked’ and ‘boarded.’
iv) Form the words by using the prefixes ‘-bi’ and ‘div)
Identify the process of word formation in the following words.
‘recap’ and ‘handkerchief’
vi) Give two examples of ‘acronyms’ as a process of word formation.
c) Attempt any four of the following. [4]
i) Identify the semantic sub-classification of adjectives in the
following.
‘The three basic needs of human beings are to be satisfied.’
ii) Frame a sentence to give an example of-
‘subordinate clause.’
iii) Classify the underlined pronoun in the following sentence.
‘You have to obey this.’
iv) Define the syntactic function of the Noun phrase in the following.
‘A man of action can achieve his goal.’
v) Identify the error in the following sentence and explain.
‘Everyone has its own way of living life.’
vi) Frame a sentence to give an example of- ‘object complement.’
d) Attempt any four of the following. [4]
i) Say whether the following are usual or unusual collocations.
1) black water
2) salt water
ii) Comment on the lexical relations in the pair-’daffodil’ and ‘flower.’
iii) Explain the underlined words in the following sentence as
‘homonymy.’-
‘what about a date?’
iv) Set out the semantics by applying componential analysis of- ‘bird’
v) Explain the relationship of the underlined words in the following.
‘He kept a foot on the slab at the foot of the tower.’
vi) Explain the associative meaning as the aspect of context in the
study of meaning of deictic term in the following sentence.
‘He was a black sheep among them’.
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