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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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