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ILG511S - INTRODUCTION TO LINGUISTICS - 1ST OPP - JUNE 2024 |
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nAmI BI AunIVER s ITY
OF SCIEnCE Ano TECHnOLOGY
FACULTY OF COMMERCE, HUMAN SCIENCES AND EDUCATION
DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNICATION & LANGUAGES
QUALIFICATION: BACHELOR OF ENGLISH AND LINGUISTICS
QUALIFICATION CODE: (07BENL) LEVEL:5
COURSE CODE: ILG511S
COURSE NAME: Introduction to Linguistics
SESSION: JUNE 2024
TIME:
3H00
PAPER: THEORY
MARKS: 100
FIRST OPPORTUNITY EXAMINATION QUESTION PAPER
EXAMINER(S) Dr Sylvia N lthindi
Ms N Haimbodi
MODERATOR: Ms Anneli Nghikembua
INSTRUCTIONS
1. Follow all instructions.
2. Write clearly and neatly.
3. Number the answers clearly.
4. Give essay-type responses where necessary.
5. Use blue or black ink only
THIS QUESTION PAPER CONSISTS OF 3 PAGES INCLUDING THE COVER PAGE
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QUESTION 1
1.1 Briefly define the following terms.
(10)
(a) Communicative competence
(b) Phone
(c) Semantics
(d) Applied Linguistics
(e) Language displacement
1.2 Explain the following properties of language using clear examples.
(a) Discreteness
(5)
(b) Arbitrariness
(5)
QUESTION 2
2.1 Differentiate between the syntagmatic and paradigmatic relationships in a language. (10)
2.2 Observe the following list of words. Copy the table into your answer book and place the
words in their correct categories.
(10)
Spy, pie, appear, attack, apple, nickel, keel, pat, twist, cube
Aspirated sound
Unaspirated sound
QUESTION 3
3.1 Explain three areas which indicate competence in a language.
(9)
3.2 Discuss three views Plato used to express his opinions on language.
(9)
3.3 What is Philology?
(2)
QUESTION 4
4.1 Applied Linguistics examines how linguistics principles can be applied in the real world.
Discuss how Phonetics and Phonology can be used in our daily lives.
(10)
4.2 Indicate whether the underlined morpheme is inflectional or derivational.
(5)
(a) The players arrived late.
(b) The chapter include§. three sections.
(c) Now that she is home, she is no longer fasting.
(d) Maria has longgr hair than Princes.
(e) The teacher's encouragement helped the students to become more confident in their
abilities.
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4.3 Mention the morphological type of word formation used in creating the words in bold.
(5)
(a) The school's principal is a real workaholic; look how he spends the whole weekend in
his office as if he has nothing else to do!
(b) The bookcase in the living room is overflowing with novels.
(c) Tomorrow, I have an exam on the theories of language acquisition.
(d) I need to edit my essay before submitting it.
(e) The CEO of the company announced a new expansion plan.
QUESTION 5
Write an essay in which you clearly explain phonetics as a branch of linguistics. In your
discussion include the properties of sounds and the three branches of phonetics. Support
your discussion with relevant examples.
(20)
TOT AL: 100 MARKS
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