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POST-GRADUATE COURSE c) What is Discourse Analysis ? How does it

Term End Examination December, 2011 help us to distinguish between spoken and
Elective Course written text types ?
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ENGLISH LANGUAGE TEACHING
Define Phonetics and Phonology. Show
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how Phonetics plays an important role in
Time : Four Hours Full Marks : 100 developing communication skills.
( Weightage of Marks : 80% ) d) Write a note on the scope of Morphology in
relation to other components of grammar.
Special credit will be given for accuracy and relevance in
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the answer. Marks will be deducted for incorrect spelling,
untidy work and illegible handwriting. The weightage for What are the basic areas of difference
each question has been indicated in the margin. between Semantics and Pragmatics ?
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SECTION A What is style ? Explain style as choice and
1. Answer any two of the following questions : style as a deviation from the norm.

18 2 = 36
a) Chomsky has brought about a great SECTION B

change in Grammar Teaching through his 2. Answer any three of the following questions :
Transformational Generative Grammar. Do
12 3 = 36
you agree ? Support your answer with
adequate illustrations. a) Judge the views of Structural Grammarians
on Traditional Grammar. Do you agree with
b) Genre Analysis has got special importance
them ? If not, why ? 6+2+4
in English Language Teaching. Discuss
b) What is a Noun Phrase ? How can you
with special reference to the changing
distinguish between a Noun Phase ( NP )
dimensions of Genre Analysis till current
and a Verb Phase ( VP ) ? Give suitable
times.
examples to illustrate your answer.

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c) Write short notes on any three of the c) Write a note on the Co-operative Principle
following : or the Morphophonemic rules of the plural
ending in English.
i) Inflection and Derivation ( class
changing and class maintaining ) d) Draw deep structure trees for any three of
the following :
ii) IC Analysis its uses and limitations
i) Where does he live ?
iii) Long and Short vowels of English
ii) The fact that he has escaped is
iv) Fricatives and Affricates of English
regrettable
v) Latinate fallacy. iii) Did the Director visit the factory ?
d) Give three term descriptions of all the iv) Now did he do this job ?
phonemes in the following English words :
e) Give the IC Analysis of the following :
university, global, caught, art.
i) John is a teacher
e) What is the Speech Act Theory ? Explain ii) He taught me linguistics
its basic aspects.
iii) Intelligent boys and girls work hard
f) Explain with suitable examples what you
iv) They study in the library.
understand by register in a language.
f) How would you distinguish between rule
based teaching of Grammar and
SECTION C consciousness raising of grammar ?
3. Answer any four questions from the following : g) Write short notes on any two :
7 4 = 28 i) Langue and Parole
a) Analyse the morphological structure of the ii) Competence and Performance
following words : iii) Active and Passive Articulators
enthusiastically, sheep, hardship, rethink, iv) The role of the lungs and the vocal
computerisation, unfamiliarity, goes. cords in the production of speech.
b) What is a syllable ? Identify the stressed h) Write a note on limitations of teaching
syllables in the words below and put Prescriptive Grammar in school.
primary and secondary stress marks :
democratization, student, cigarette,
unbelievable, economic, cartoon, variable.

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