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Eng 121:The Structure Of English November 2010 Question Paper

Eng 121:The Structure Of English November 2010

Course:Bachelor Of Education Arts

Institution: Kabarak University question papers

Exam Year:2010

KABARAK UNIVERSITY
UNIVERSITY EXAMINATIONS
2010/2011 ACADEMIC YEAR
FOR THE DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF EDUCATION ARTS
COURSE CODE: ENG 121

INSTRUCTIONS
Answer question ONE and any TWO other questions

QUESTION ONE
a) It is not possible to give the meaning of a word as its referent alone. Discuss (15 marks)
b) Explain the evidences for the differences between open and closed words. (12 marks)
c) Briefly explain why closed word classes are referred to as function words? (3 marks)

QUESTION TWO
a) Giving examples, explain the following
(i) Morpheme
(ii) Morphology
(iii)An affix
(iv) A root
(v) A base (10 marks)

b) Draw tree diagrams to illustrate the internal structure of the following words
(i) Disagreement
(ii) Unavailability (8 marks)
c) Why are content words referred to as open word classes? (2 marks)

QUESTION THREE

a) Construct your own sentences illustrating the English inflectional morphemes (8 marks)
b) Explain the function for each of the inflectional morphemes above (8 marks)
c) Briefly differentiate between inflectional and derivational morphemes (4 marks)

QUESTION FOUR
a) Using tree diagrams, explain any two words that have more than one meaning because
they have more than one internal structure (12 marks)
b) Explain sense as the meaning of the notion word (4 marks)
c) Clearly differentiate between bound and free morphemes (4 marks)

QUESTION FIVE
a) Giving two examples of your own, explain any four functions of the noun (12 marks)

b) Using at least two examples explain the following words formation processes
i. Clipping
ii. Back for mation
iii. Blending
iv. Coining (8 marks)

Eng 121:The Structure Of English November 2010 Question Paper

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