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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) 2nd trimester 2013

KENYA METHODIST UNIVERSITY

END OF 2''ND ''TRIMESTER 2013 (DAY) EXAMINATION
FACULTY : EDUCATION AND SOCIAL SCIENCES
DEPARTMENT : EDUCATION
UNIT CODE : ENGL 112
UNIT TITLE : INTRODUCTION TO THE STUDY OF LANGUAGE
TIME : 2 HOURS

INSTRUCTIONS

Answer three questions

Question One

Provide a precise definition of the following terms

(8 Marks)

Language
Dialect
Accent
Linguistics

With examples identify and explain two major functions of language.

(6 Marks)

Explain how linguistics is the scientific study of language.

(6 marks)

Question Two

Describe the specific claim in the following sources on origin of languages

The divine source
The natural source
Glossogenetics
Physiological adaptations

Oral-gesture source

(20 Marks)

Question Three
Explain how linguistics is related to (20 Marks)

Psychology
IT
Sociology
Philosophy
Geography

Question Four
Properties of language differentiate human language from all other forms of signaling. Describe the following unique properties (20 Marks)

Displacement
Arbitrariness
Productivity
Discreteness
Duality

Question five

State and explain any five language universals that linguists make in the study of language.

(10 Marks)

Explain what the following entail

(10 Marks)

Psycholinguistics
Sociolinguistics
Morphology
Syntax
Phonetics

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