Language
- Discuss the relationship between language and culture. Ans
Concepts of Linguistics
- What is linguistics? Discuss linguistics as a science. Ans
- Discuss the scopes/areas/branches of Linguistics. Ans
- Who is Chomsky? Describe Chomsky’s contribution to Linguistics. / Competence and Performance. Ans
- Discuss Saussure’s contribution to linguistics/concept of langue and parole. Ans
Phonetics and Phonology
- What is Phonetics? Discuss the different branches of phonetics. Ans
- Discuss different organs of speech for producing speech sounds with a diagram. Ans
- Discuss cardinal vowels and show their positions through a diagram. Ans
- What is stress? Discuss its types and rules of stress placement in English words. Ans
- What is a diphthong? Discuss the classification of English diphthongs with a diagram.
- What is Assimilation? Discuss the rules of assimilation. Ans
Morphology
- What is morphology/morpheme? Classify the morphemes/ mention the inflectional and derivational morphemes. Ans
Syntax
- What is PS grammar? Discuss the structure, function, strengths, and limitations of Phrase Structure Grammar.
- What is IC analysis? Exemplify IC analysis through a tree diagram.
Semantics
- What is semantics? Provide an analysis of major lexical relations.
- Discuss the types of lexical relationships.
Pragmatics
- What is pragmatics? How is pragmatics different from semantics?
- What is the cooperative principle? Discuss with reference to Grecians maxims
- Discuss the syntagmatic and paradigmatic concepts of language.
Discourse Analysis
- How is the spoken language different from written language?
Psycholinguistics
- Discuss the Monitor Model Theory of Stephen Krashen for L2 teaching.
Sociolinguistics
- Make a comparative study of behaviorist and mentalist theory of L-1 acquisition.