MEG-04: ASPECTS OF LANGUAGE

ASSIGNMENT


Course Code: MEG-04/TMA/2014-15

Max. Marks: 100


All questions are compulsory


1 There are contradictory viewpoints about the relationship between language
and thought. Discuss both the views. What is your point of view? Why? 20


2 Discuss how English spelling have changed from old to modern English. What
are the factors which have led to the change? 20

3 Describe the vowels of English. Give at least one word in which each of these
vowels occurs. 20

4 What, in your view, are the three most important learner variables in the
learning of a second language? Discuss. 20

5 What is foregrounding? What are the devices used to foreground poetry? Give
examples which are different from those in the units. 20