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Question 1Single Answer

Arbitrariness as a feature of language means that

A
Words are mixed randomly in communication.
B
The meaning of words changes frequently.
C
There is no necessary connection between the form of a word and its meaning.
D
There is an inherent connection between words and their meaning.

Question 2Single Answer

In the sentence ‘somebody stole my folder’, ‘somebody’ is a

A
Common noun
B
Proper noun
C
Indefinite pronoun
D
Demonstrative pronoun

Question 3Single Answer

In which function of communication ‘Addresser’ is the target factor?

A
Referential
B
Emotive
C
Conative
D
Metalingual

Question 4Single Answer

Vakyapadiya has been authored by

A
Yask
B
Patanjali
C
Nagesha
D
Bhartrihari

Question 5Single Answer

Assertion –I: in the sentence ‘My friend baked the cake’, the is a definite article
Assertion – II: the words ‘a’, ‘an’ and ‘the’ are example of content words.
Codes

A
Both (I) and (II) are true
B
(I) is true, (II) is false
C
is false, but (II) is true.
D
Both (I) and (II) are false

Question 6Single Answer

The famous claim: ‘The Sanskrit language whatever be its antiquity, is of wonder structure; more perfect than Greek, more copious than the Latin, and mere delicately refined than either ……..was made by

A
Leonard Bloom Field
B
Roy Harris
C
William Jones
D
Edward Sapir

Question 7Single Answer

The term ‘stress’, ‘pitch’ and ‘intonation’ are called

A
Segmental features
B
Suprasegmental features
C
Distinctive features
D
Extra-linguistic features

Question 8Single Answer

Assertion – I: an alternate sign language is the first language of a group that does not have access to spoken language.
Assertion – II: A primary sign language is a system of gestures for use in certain contexts where speech cannot be used, and is developed by people who use speech in normal circumstances.

Codes

A
Both (I) and (II) are false
B
Both (I) and (II) are true
C
(I) is false, but (II) is true.
D
(I) is false, but (II) is false

Question 9Single Answer

The following language are written in the Devanagri script.

A
Hindi, Sanskrit, Khasi
B
Hindi, Brahmi, Pashto
C
Hindi, Pali, Manipuri
D
Hindi, Sanskrit, Dogri

Question 10Single Answer

The English phonemes /f/ and /z/ differ in the following aspect/s.

A
Place of articulation
B
Manner of articulation
C
Manner of articulation and voicing
D
Place of articulation and voicing

Question 11Single Answer

The function of language that, according to Roman Jakobson, engages the addressee (receiver) directly and is best illustrated by vocatives and imperatives, is called:

A
Conative
B
Phatic
C
Emotive
D
Metalingual

Question 12Single Answer

A regionally or socially distinctive variety of language is identified by:

A
The interpersonal social behaviour
B
A particular set of words and grammatical structures.
C
The folk dress
D
The literary discourse

Question 13Single Answer

Language related in such a way that they go back to the same parent or proto-language are:

A
Areally related
B
Typologically related
C
Genetically related
D
Culturally related

Question 14Single Answer

Parts of speech refers to:

A
The traditional term for a grammatical class of words
B
Form-class
C
A category employed by Panini.
D
Desiderative

Question 15Single Answer

A major perspective of language regards a language as a cognitive system. This view lays emphasis on:

A
The social nature of language
B
Language as part of any normal human being’s mental or psychological structure.
C
The genetic relationship of a language.
D
The acquisition of language

Question 16Single Answer

Which of the following is the ‘subject’ in the following sentence:
Big cats which have long tails climbed the tree.

A
Big cats
B
Cats
C
Big cats which have long tails
D
The tree

Question 17Single Answer

In the sentence ‘The man killed himself, ‘himself’ is:

A
Reciprocal pronoun
B
Reflexical pronoun
C
Relative pronoun
D
Possessive pronoun

Question 18Single Answer

Linguistics has emerged as one of the most vibrant scientific disciplines which intimately related to:

A
Several other disciplines in many ways.
B
Only humanities
C
Only humanities and social sciences.
D
Only psychology and education.

Question 19Single Answer

The Neogrammarian Hypothesis claims that sound change is:

A
Haphazard and unsystematic
B
Regular and purely phonetically conditioned
C
Regular and grammatically conditioned
D
Irregular and not grammatically conditioned.

Question 20Single Answer

Assertion –I: Anthropological linguistics studies the role of language in relation to human cultural patterns and beliefs.
Assertion – II:Anthropological linguistics overlaps to some degree with Ethnolinguistics and Sociolinguistics.
codes

A
Both (I) and (II) are correct
B
(I) is correct, (II) is wrong
C
(I) is wrong, (II) is correct
D
Both (I) and (II) are wrong

Question 21Single Answer

Charles F. Hockett originally believed there to be 13 design features, out of which the features reserved for humans in this list are

A
Two
B
Three
C
Four
D
None

Question 22Single Answer

A standard set of basic written symbols or graphemes used to write a language based on the general principle that the letters represent phonemes of the spoken language is called

A
Phonemic writing
B
Alphabet
C
Ideography
D
Logography

Question 23Single Answer

Within the linguistic theory Andre Martinet used a team to refer to the two levels of structure in which speech can be analysed the term is

A
Double signifier
B
Signifie
C
Coarticulation
D
Double articulation

Question 24Single Answer

A broad transcription is a transcription that

A
Broadly ignores the difficult sounds
B
Includes symbols for only the syllables
C
Includes symbols for all the phones and write them between [ ].
D
Includes symbols for the phonemes and write between slashes.//.

Question 25Single Answer

When we study language as it exists at any given point in time we are looking at it from a point of view called

A
Synchronic
B
Diachronic
C
Structural
D
Tagmemic

Question 26Single Answer

Assertion-I: The eighteenth to nineteenth centuries saw the development of comparative philology arising from the discovery and gradual identification of the Indo-European language family.
Assertion-II: For the most part, however, nineteenth century comparative philology took the western classical tradition by focusing on phonological systems.
codes

A
Both (I) and (II) are true.
B
(I) is true, (II) is wrong.
C
(I) is wrong, (II) is true
D
Both (I) and (II) are wrong.

Question 27Single Answer

The necessary conditions which have to be imposed on the construction of grammars in order for them to be able to operate are:

A
Implicational universals
B
Formal universals
C
Substantive universals
D
Statistics universals

Question 28Single Answer

The traditional term for a grammatical class of words is

A
Forms
B
Adpositions
C
Parts of speech
D
Particles

Question 29Single Answer

A regionally of socially distinctive variety of language, identified by a particulars set of words and grammatical structures is

A
Sociolect
B
Register
C
Dialect
D
Restricted code

Question 30Single Answer

Assertion-I: Animal communication is the transfer of information from groups of one or more group of animals.
Assertion-II:Humans communication through language is distinc-tively discrete and characteri-zed by many design features of language.
codes

A
(I) is correct, (II) is wrong
B
(I) is wrong, (II) is correct.
C
Both (I) and (II) are wrong.
D
Both (I) and (II) are correct

Question 31Single Answer

No particular linguistic form is naturally associated with any particular meaning, and the pairing that exists for meaning in each case is

A
Universal
B
Sound-induced
C
Arbitrary
D
Meaning-induced

Question 32Single Answer

A property of human language whereby it can be used to refer to context removed from the immediate situation of the speaker is called

A
Arbitrariness
B
Double articulation
C
Displacement
D
Complementarity

Question 33Single Answer

Assertion – I: when linguists speak of rules, they are not referring to prescriptive rules.
Assertion – II: Linguists try to formulate rules when they analyze language, rules that described the actual language of some group of speaker and not some hyphothetical language that speakers “should” use.
codes

A
Both (I) and (II) are false.
B
(I) is true, but (II) is false.
C
(I) is false, but (II) is true
D
Both (I) and (II) are true.

Question 34Single Answer

Any language with a reasonably large number of speakers will develop

A
Into a homogenous system with no varieties to emerge.
B
Into regionally or socially distinctive varieties of language, identified by a particular set of words and grammatical structures.
C
Into an artifact
D
Into a restricted code

Question 35Single Answer

Words that sound a like are called

A
Homographs
B
Homonyms
C
Homophones
D
Homorganic

Question 36Single Answer

Languages can be described as “agglutinating”, or “inflecting” depending on their.
I. Phonetic properties
II. Syllogism pattern
III. Morphosyntactic structures
IV. Written forms and writing systems.
codes

A
All four are true.
B
All four are false
C
(I) and (IV) are false and (II) and (III) are true.
D
(I), (II) & (III) are true and (IV) is false.

Question 37Single Answer

Match the following:
List – I List – II
a. William Dwight Whitney       1. British School
b. Louis Hjemslev                        2. Prague School
c. Henry Sweet                            3. American School
d. Nikolai Trubetzkoy                 4. Copenhagen School
codes

A
(a) (b) (c) (d)
1 3 4 2
B
4 2 3 1
C
3 4 1 2
D
2 3 4 1

Question 38Single Answer

The grammatical category of ‘round’ in the sentence ‘the car went round the corner’ is

A
Noun
B
Adjective
C
Verb
D
Preposition

Question 39Single Answer

Idiolect can be referred to as a linguistic system of a/an

A
Community
B
Caste
C
Profession
D
Individual

Question 40Single Answer

Match the items in list – I with items in List – II
List – I List – II
a. Function of language in order to achieve                            1. Conativea result in an addressee
b. Conveying emotional content and identity,                           2. ExpressiveIn terms of personality or individual creativity
c. Function of higher language for describing                        3. Metalingual ordinary language.
d. Relationship between the entity in the external                 4. Referential world and the linguistic expression which relates to it.
codes

A
(a) (b) (c) (d)
1 2 3 4
B
2 3 4 1
C
3 4 1 2
D
4 3 2 1

Question 41Single Answer

A sentence used to establish contact is an instance of which of the following functions of language?

A
Denotative
B
Phatic
C
Emotive
D
Metalinguistic

Question 42Single Answer

Which of the following concepts are associated with Saussure?1. Syntagmatic
2. Synchronic
3. Universal grammar
4. Signified
Codes

A

1 and 2 only
B
2 and 4 only
C
1,2, and 3 only
D
I,2 and 4 only

Question 43Single Answer

Which of the following are instances of functional categories?1. Adjective
2. Adverb
3. Subject
4. Adjunct
Codes:

A
1 and 4
B
2 and 4
C
2 and 3
D
3 and 4

Question 44Single Answer

Find the correct order
1. Allophone
2. Allomorph
3. Morpheme
4. Phoneme
Codes

A
1-4-2-3
B
2-3-4-1
C
3-2-1-4
D
1-3-2-4

Question 45Single Answer

Find the correct order
1. Panini
2. Jesperson
3. Saussure
4.Halliday
Codes

A
1-2-4-3
B
1-3-2-4
C
1-4-2-3
D
1-2-3-4

Question 46Single Answer

Match the items in List – I with List –II and find the correct answer from the codes, given below:
List –I                                          List –II
a. Prescriptive                        1. Purity
b. Special group                     2. Logograph
c. Idea 3. Register
d. Language and though      4. Sapir-Whorf
codes

A
(a) (b) (c) (d)
1 3 2 4
B
1 3 4 2
C
1 2 3 4
D
1 4 2 3

Question 47Single Answer

Assertion –I: Since language plays a role in various fields of human activity, the discipline of linguistics has a relevance for studying power relations among social groups.
Assertion –II: Linguistics has no relevance for political studies.
codes

A
Both (I) and (II) are true
B
Both (I) and (II) are false
C
(I) is true, but (II) is false
D
(I) is false, but (II) is true

Question 48Single Answer

Assertion –I: since the spoken form of language is its primary form, modern linguistics is more scientific when compared to traditional linguistic studies.
Assertion –II: Traditional linguistics studies paid more attention to written form of language.
codes

A
Both (I) and (II) are false
B
(I) is true, but (II) is false
C
Both (I) and (II) are true
D
(I) is false, but (II) is true

Question 49Single Answer

Match the items in List – I with those of List –II and select the correct code from the codes given below:
List –I                                          List –II
a. Voiceless            1. Glottis is narrowed and arytenoids kept apart.
b. Glottal shop      2. Glottis is in vibration and arytenoids are kept tightly together.
c. Whisper             3. Glottis is closed and arytenoids are held together
d. Creaky voice      4. Glottis is open and arytenoids are kept apart.
codes

A
(a) (b) (c) (d)
3 1 2 4
B
4 3 1 2
C
2 4 3 1
D
1 2 4 3

Question 50Single Answer

Match the items of List – I with those in List –II and select the correct code from the codes given below:
List –I                                          List –II
a. Chest-pulse                          1. Stress
b. Movement of velum         2. Syllable
c. Reinforced Chest pulse    3. Voice
d. Adjustment of glottis       4. Nasality
codes

A
(a) (b) (c) (d)
1 2 3 4
B
2 4 1 3
C
3 1 2 4
D
4 3 2 1

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Question 51Single Answer

Language is a purely human and non-instinctive method of communicating idea, emotions and desires by means of a system of:

A
Involuntarily produced vocal symbols
B
Involuntarily produced non-vocal symbols
C
Voluntarily produced vocal symbols
D
Voluntarily produced non-vocal symbols

Question 52Single Answer

Assertion –I: For words, a distinction is sometimes made between open-class words and closed-class words.
Assertion –II: words may be classified as content words and function words
Codes

A
Both (I) and (II) are true
B
(I) is true, (II) is false
C
(I) is false, but (II) is true.
D
Both (I) and (II) are false

Question 53Single Answer

Assertion –I: Formal universals are statements on the form of rules of grammar.
Assertion –II: Substantive universals are elements in a grammar required for analysis of linguistic data e.g. NP. VP etc.
Codes

A
Both (I) and (II) are false
B
Only (I) is true and (II) is false
C
Only (II) is true and (I) is false.
D
Both (I) and (II) are true

Question 54Single Answer

In the sentence ‘John who is my friend is a fool’, ‘who’ is a:

A
Question word
B
Reflexive pronoun
C
Reciprocal
D
Relative pronoun

Question 55Single Answer

In the sentence ‘The foolish boy gave the girl an egg’, ‘The girl’ is:

A
Subject
B
Direct object
C
Indirect object
D
Verb

Question 56Single Answer

Identify the grammatical role and relation of the underlined items in List –I and match them in the List –II.
List –I                                                    List –II
a. The boy hit the dog                               1. Instrumental
b. The key opened the door                     2. Source
c. The boy felt happy                                3. Experience
d. He took out the gun from the van     4. Agent
Codes

A
(a) (b) (c) (d)
3 1 2 4
B
4 1 3 2
C
1 2 4 3
D
4 3 2 1

Question 57Single Answer

A term in phonology used to describe the loss of distinction between two phonemes in a particular environments.

A
Syncopation
B
Assimilation
C
Metathesis
D
Neutralization

Question 58Single Answer

Match the items in List –I with those in List- II. Select the correct answer from the codes given below:
List –I                                      List- II
a. Code                            1. Metalingual function
b. Message                    2. Phatic function
c. Contact                       3. Poetic function
d. Addresser 4. Emotive function
codes

A
(a) (b) (c) (d)
1 2 3 4
B
4 3 2 1
C
1 3 2 4
D
1 4 3 2

Question 59Single Answer

Match the items in the List –I with those in List- II:
List- I                                           List- II
a. Assimilation                        1. Articulatory phonetics
b. Formant Analysis                2. Auditory phonetics
c. Pitch                                     3. Acoustic phonetics
d. Stricture types                    4. Combinatory phonetics
codes

A
(a) (b) (c) (d)
4 3 2 1
B
1 4 3 2
C
2 1 4 3
D
3 2 1 4

Question 60Single Answer

The concept of National syllabi was proposed by:

A
D.A. Wilkins
B
D. Nunan
C
Lydia White
D
S. Pit Corder

Question 61Single Answer

Who is the author of the work ' Course in General Linguistics '?

A
Ferdinand De Saussure
B
Eugene Nida
C
Roman Jackson
D
Leonard Bloomfield

Question 62Single Answer

Assertion I : Neogrammarians were dialectologists and their focus was on contemporary languages.
Assertion II : The Comparativists had focused largely on dead languages.
codes

A
I is true and II is false.
B
Both I and II are true.
C
I is false and II is true.
D
Both I and II are false.

Question 63Single Answer

According to Jackobdon, when the focus is on the message the function of language is :

A
Referential
B
Conative
C
Poetic
D
Emotive

Question 64Single Answer

The distinction between synchronic and diachronic linguistics was proposed by

A
Leonard Bloomfield
B
Nikolay Trubetzkoy
C
Charles Hockett
D
Ferdinand De Saussure

Question 65Single Answer

Choose the correct order from the following according to the year of their works in linguistics.

A
Franz Boas, Edward Sapir, Zelling Harris, Noam Chomsky
B
Edward Sapir, Zelling Harris, Noam Chomsky, Franz Boas
C
Edward Sapir, Franz Boas, Zelling Harris, Noam Chomsky
D
Franz Boas, Zelling Harris, Edward Sapir, Noam Chomsky

Question 66Single Answer

Assertion - I : Franz Boas's famous work On Alternating Sounds was published in 1889.
Assertion - II : He pioneered the linguistic researchs in America.
codes

A
Both I and II are false
B
I is true and II is false.
C
Both I and II are true
D
I is false and II is true

Question 67Single Answer

Phatic communication means :

A
Language used for establishing an atmosphere or maintaining social contact
B
Language used for exchanging information or ideas
C
Language used for commenting on the whether
D
Language used for enquiring about health

Question 68Single Answer

According to designed features the system of animal communication is different from human language, because :

A
Animal do not think.
B
Human language is generative and infinitive
C
Animal communication is imitative
D
Human language changes over a period of time

Question 69Single Answer

Which among the following is work written by Charles Hockett?

A
Course in General Linguistics
B
A Course in Modern Linguistics
C
Method in Structural Linguistics
D
Language ', An Introduction to the Study of Speech

Question 70Single Answer

Identify the odd one among the following :

A
Pictograph
B
Ideograph
C
Logograph
D
Calligraphy

Question 71Single Answer

Match List-I with List-II.

List-I List-II

(a) Endocentric (i) On the table

Construction

(b) Directive (ii) The huge cake

Construction

Construction in this room

(d) Existential (iv) Seemed angry

Construction

Choose the correct answer from the options given below :

A
(a) (b) (c) (d)
(ii) (i) (iv) (iii)
B
(iv) (i) (ii) (iii)
C
(i) (ii) (iii) (iv)
D
(iii) (iv) (i) (ii)

Question 72Single Answer

Which one of the following represents the idealization of speaker’s knowledge of their language, excluding slips of the tongue, limitations of memory?

A
Anacoluthon
B
Competence
C
Performance
D
Aposiopesis

Question 73Single Answer

Read the following Assertions :

Assertion (I) : In Lexical phonology, morphological and phonological rules are brought within a single framework.

Assertion (II) : Lexical phonology is based on the insight that much of phonology operates together with the word formation rules in a

non-cyclic fashion to define the class of lexical items in a language.
Choose the correct option :

A
A. Both I and II are false
B
I is false and II is true
C
I is true and II is false
D
Both I and II are true

Question 74Single Answer

Read the following Assertions:
Assertion (I) : The item-and-arrangement model deals with operations that see the relationships between word forms as one of replacement. Assertion (II) : The item and process model studies the distribution of morphemes and morphemic variants occurring in words. Choose the correct option :

A
Both I and II are correct
B
Both I and II are incorrect
C
Only I is correct and II is not
D
Only II is correct and I is not

Question 75Single Answer

Which of the following is true for an interpreter?

(a) translates program one statement at a time

(b) scans the whole program and translates it as a whole

(d) uses languages like Python and Ruby

Choose the correct option :

A
(a) and (b) are true
B
(b) and (c) are truex
C
(c) and (d) are true
D
(a) and (d) are true

Question 76Single Answer

Which of the following correctly describes typically the large inventories of NIA languages?

A
Initial clusters
B
Medial clusters
C
Final clusters
D
Geminations

Question 77Single Answer

Read the following Assertions :

Assertion (I) : The whole trace, called a spectrogram, shows the acoustic spectrum varying through time.

Assertion (II) : Such records are extremely valuable, particularly for the determination of consonants rather than the vowels.

Choose the correct option :

A
I is true and II is false
B
Both I and II are true
C
I is false and II is true
D
Both I and II are false

Question 78Single Answer

A type of phonation in which the arytenoid cartilages hold the posterior end of the vocal folds together so that they can vibrate only at the other end is called :

A
Pharyngealization
B
Velarization
C
Laryngealization
D
Nasalization

Question 79Single Answer

Which of the following is the type of word formation where a shorter word is derived by deleting an imagined affix from an existing longer form of the word in a language?

A
Conversion
B
Back formation
C
Clipping
D
Blocking

Question 80Single Answer

Read the following Assertions :

Assertion (I) : An ‘emic’ approach is the one where physical patterns of language are described with a minimum of reference to their function within language system.

Assertion (II) : An ‘etic’ approach takes full account of functional relationships.

Choose the correct option :

A
I is correct and II is wrong
B
I is wrong and II is correct
C
Both I and II are correct
D
Both I and II are wrong

Question 81Single Answer

A graphic symbol that represents an idea or concept, independent of any particular language and specific words or phrases, is called :

A
An ideograph
B
A logograph
C
A sonograph
D
A monograph

Question 82Single Answer

The relations that hold between elements that are combined with each other are called :

A
Paradigmatic relations
B
Classical relations
C
Syntagmatic relations
D
Genetic relations

Question 83Single Answer

Assertion (I) : To many linguists the ultimate aim of linguistics is to understand how language itself is structured and how it functions.

Assertion (II) : The study of language is ultimately the study of

the human mind.

Codes :

A
(I) is correct, (II) is wrong.
B
(I) is wrong, (II) is correct.
C
Both (I) and (II) are wrong.
D
Both (I) and (II) are correc

Question 84Single Answer

In linguistic theory, the speaker, in a completely homogeneous speech community, who knows his/her language perfectly and is unaffected by grammatically irrelevant conditions such as memory limitations, distractions etc, is known as :

A
Native speaker
B
Mother-tongue hearer
C
Ideal native speaker-hearer
D
Modem speaker-hearer

Question 85Single Answer

Match the following List-I with List-II and select the correct answer using the code given below :

List-I List-II

(a) Function of language (i) Phatic

focussing on the function

addressee

(b) Function of language (ii) Emotive

focussing on the function

code itself

focussing on the function

addresser

(d) Function of language (iv) Conative

focussing on establishing function communication between

the interlocutors

A

(a) (b) (c) (d)
(iv) (iii) (ii) (i)
B
(iii) (iv) (i) (ii)
C
(ii) (iii) (i) (iv)
D
(i) (iv) (ii) (iii)

Question 86Single Answer

The defining property of human language that refers to the extent to which the use of a signal and the behaviour it evokes are directly linked, is known as :

A
Specialisation
B
Interchangeability
C
Displacement
D
Prevarication

Question 87Single Answer

Language system shared by a community of speakers is known as :

A
Competence
B
Communicative competence
C
Interlanguage
D
Langue

Question 88Single Answer

In the sentence ‘Cats love toys’, ‘toys’ can be substituted syntactically by words like ‘mice’ ‘boys’, ‘plants’, etc. The relationship of the words ‘toys’, ‘mice’, ‘boys’, ‘plants’, etc is :

A
etic
B
emic
C
syntagmatic
D
paradigmatic

Question 89Single Answer

Which of the following sentences has. a subordinating conjunction in it?

A
The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world.
B
The man was sad but he still smiled.
C
The cat loved to run around and play with other cats.
D
It is good to study for exams at the end or to prepare for the exams before hand.

Question 90Single Answer

The number of components, types of rules ordering conventions, types of transformations and so on comprise :

A
Substantive Universals
B
Formal Universals
C
Statistical Universals
D
Relative Universals

Question 91Single Answer

Assertion (I) : A stem is the form of a word that only accepts/takes inflectional morpheme.

Assertion (II) : A stem forming morpheme (a stem extender) is a morpheme that converts a root-word into a stem to which inflectional markers of various kinds can be added.
Select the correct option :

A
(I) is true and (II) is false
B
(I) is false and (II) is true
C
Both (I) and (II) are false
D
Both (I) and (II) are true

Question 92Single Answer

Assertion (I) : A speech community may be defined by the whole set of people who communicate with each other only directly and not indirectly.
Assertion (II) : A speech community is characterized by regular and frequent interaction by means of a share body of verbal signs and set off from similar aggregates by significant differences in language use.

Select the correct option :

A
(I) is true and (II) is false
B
(I) is false and (II) is true
C
Both (I) and (II) are false
D
Both (I) and (II) are true

Question 93Single Answer

In the languages of South Asia, the standard of comparison (Std. of Comp.) and the marker of comparison (M of Comp.) seems to have great connection with the word order of the language. So if the marker of comp precedes the Std. of Comp., the language mostly non-verb final, but if the marker follows the Std. of Comp., the language is mostly verb final. This generalization is discussed under :

A
word-order effect
B
word-order correlation effect
C
branching direction effect
D
constituent shift effect

Question 94Single Answer

Which of the following is true about the English Great Vowel Shift?

A
The high long vowels were lowered
B
The unrounded vowels were rounded
C
The .short vowels were systematically raised
D
The high long vowels were diphthongized

Question 95Single Answer

Match List-I with List-II :

List-I List-II

(a) Broca’s aphasia (i) Predominant

grammatical

impairment

(b) Wernicke’s (ii) Disability affecting

aphasia reading and writing

nature of speech

production

(d) Agrammatism (iv) Severe loss of

speech understanding

A
(a) (b) (c) (d)
(ii) (iv) (iii) (i)
B
(iii) (iv) (ii) (i)
C
(i) (ii) (iii) (iv)
D
(iii) (iv) (i) (ii)

Question 96Single Answer

Match List-I with List-II :

List-I List-II

(a) Lungs (i) Nasal Resonance

(b) Glottis (ii) Vowel articulation

(d) Tongue (iv) Air stream

Choose the correct option from the following :

A
(a) (b) (c) (d)
(ii) (iii) (iv) (i)
B
(iv) (iii) (i) (ii)
C
(iv) (ii) (iii) (i)
D
(i) (ii) (iii) (iv)

Question 97Single Answer

Which of the following options is a term used in language ACQUISITION to refer to a GRAMMATICALLY unstructured UTTERANCE, usually consisting of a single WORD, which is characteristic of the earliest stage of LANGUAGE learning in children?

A
Toponym
B
Vocalization
C
Pivot
D
Holophrase

Question 98Single Answer

In a borrowing language, where loan words, which do not conform to native phonological patterns, are modified to fit the phonological combinations which are permitted in the borrowing languages. Which of the following refers to this process?

A
Accommodation
B
Aclimatization
C
Centralization
D
Dissimilation

Question 99Single Answer

Match the List-I with List-II.

List-I List-II

(a) Maxim of quantity (i) Be relevant

(b) Maxim of quality (ii) Be perspicuous

informative

(d) Maxim of manner (iv) Make your

contribution one

that is true

Choose the correct option from the following :

A
(a) (b) (c) (d)
(iv) (ii) (iii) (i)
B
(iii) (iv) (i) (ii)
C
(ii) (i) (iii) (iv)
D
(i) (ii) (iii) (iv)

Question 100Single Answer

In translation a term refers to ‘the linguistic level at which ST is re-codified in TL'. Select the correct option which exemplifies the above mentioned term :

A
the unit of translation
B
false-friend
C
translation shift
D
meaning equivalence

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