Engl 112:Introduction To The Description Of English Question Paper
Engl 112:Introduction To The Description Of English
Course:Education
Institution: Kenya Methodist University question papers
Exam Year:2013
INTRODUCTION TO THE STUDY OF LANGUAGE (ENGL 112) (ENGL 011) 3RD TRIMESTER 2013
KENYA METHODIST UNIVERSITY
END OF 3RDTRIMESTER 2013 (SB) EXAMINATION
FACULTY : EDUCATION AND SOCIAL SCIENCES
DEPARTMENT : EDUCATION
UNIT CODE : ENGL 112/011
UNIT TITLE : INTRODUCTION TO THE STUDY OF LANGUAGE
TIME : 2 HOURS
INSTRUCTIONS
Answer any three questions
Question One
Discuss the following theories highlighting the weaknesses of each
Bow – wow theory
Pooh – pooh theory
Ye-he-ho theory
Divine theory of genesis
(20 marks)
Question Two
State and explain any five properties of human language (20 marks)
Question Three
Explain the concerns of the following branches of linguistics (20 marks)
Sociolinguistics
Discourse analysis
Psycholinguistics
Phonology
Question Four
Distinguish between each of the following pairs of concepts (20 Marks)
Verb phrase and adverbial phrase
A morph and an allomorph
Simple and compound sentence
Voiced and voiceless sound
Synonym and antonym
Question Five
Explain he following classifications of linguistics:
(8 Marks)
Diachronic and synchronic linguistics
Prescriptive and descriptive linguistics
Why is linguistics considered to be a scientific study?
(12 Marks)
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