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TRL811S - THEORETICAL LINGUISTICS - 2ND OPP - JULY 2024 |
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nAm I BIA un IVERSITY
OF SCIEnCE Ano TECHOOLOGY
FACULTYOFCOMMERCEH, UMANSCIENCEAND EDUCATION
DEPARTMENTOF COMMUNICATION AND LANGUAGES
QUALIFICATION: BACHELOROF ENGLISHAND LINGUISTICSHONOURS
QUALIFICATIONCODE: 08BENG
LEVEL: 8
COURSECODE:TRL811S
COURSENAME: THEORETICALLINGUISTICS
SESSION:JULY 2024
DURATION: 3 HOURS
PAPER: THEORY
MARKS: 100
SECONDOPPQRTUNITYQUESTION PAPER
EXAMINER(S) Ms Tjara Kavihuha
MODERATOR: Dr. L. Namaseb
INSTRUCTIONS
1. Answer ALL the questions.
2. Read all the questions carefully before answering.
3. Number the answers clearly.
4. Give essay type responses where necessary.
5. Use blue or black ink only
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GENERALINSTRUCTION: This examination paper has four questions. Read the
instructions in each section carefully before answering any question.
Question one
1.1. Indicate whether the underlined VP followed a traditional or transformational
view for analyses.
[15 Marks]
a) We expect our grandparent to arrive in about an hour.
[1]
b) My cousin watches television almost as much as you do.
[1]
c) The weatherman says it will rain all qay.
[1]
d) Your brother plays soccer better than my brother does.
[1]
e) Our friend drives on Mondays.
[1]
1.2. Recopy the sentences below into your answer booklet and underline the prepositional
phrases.
a) After school, the boys played a game of baseball at the park.
[2]
b) We hid our canoe in the bushes and set up camp by the river.
[2]
c) candy signed her name on the line and passed the paper across the table.
[2]
d) without any warning, the dog dashed to the door and barked loudly.
[2]
e) The storm caused the tree in our front yard to all fall against the house.
[2]
Question 2. Drawing from what you learned from this course, especially in the field of
semantics, discussthe following statement:
[35 Marks]
"Language without meaning is meaningless'~
Question 3.
Some words function as both adjective and adverbs. Use the following words in two
sentences to illustrate that. Copy the table in your exam booklet.
[10 marks]
WORDS
FAST
HARD
EARLY
LATE
EASY
ADJECTIVES
ADVERBS
Question 4: Define and describe the four dichotomies of Structural linguistics formulated
by Saussure.
[40 Marks]
[The End: 100 Marks]
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