NSOU ENGLISH PG PAPER 2

NETAJI SUBHAS OPEN UNIVERSITY

ENGLISH 

1ST YEAR

PG

PAPER- 2

1. Describe the English fricatives with examples.

2. Describe the English plosives with examples.

3. Discuss the concept of Register with examples. / What is register ? Discuss the parameters of identifying the register.

4. Discuss the theories about the origin of language. /Discuss some of the theories about the beginning of the human language.

5. Discuss with examples the concept of IC analysis. / What is meant by IC analysis? Discuss its limitations with examples.

6. Distinguish between inflexional process and derivational process of word formation.

7. Distinguish between morph, morpheme and allomorph.

8. Distinguish between root, stem and base.

9. Distinguish between surface structure and deep structure according to Chomsky's 1965 theory.

10. Explain the nature of English diphthongs and lateral consonants. / What is diphthong? Explain the classification of English diphthongs.

11. How are English consonant and vowel sounds described? Give examples of three different types each of consonant and vowel sounds. / Define the vowel sound. How are English vowels classified and described? / Classify English consonants in terms of the articulators involved.

12. Trace the development of the writing system. How did the English alphabet develop?

13. What are the different levels of linguistic analysis? Show the interdependence of the levels with examples.

14. What are the organs of speech? Indicate the articulators. Mention their importance in phonetics. / Describe the organs of speech.

15. What do we know about the early stages in the development of the English language?

16. What is derivational affix? Classify and describe the different types of derivational affixes.

17. What is Morphonemics ? Explain the difference between morphemes and allomorphs with suitable examples.

18. What is stylistics? How is it related to Linguistics?

19. What kind of loan words have entered English from Latin?

20. Who were the Anglo-Saxons? What language did they speak?

21. Write a short note on any three types of language variation.

22. Write brief notes on any two of the following: i) Semi-vowels iv) Stress-shift.

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