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Introduction To The Study Of Language Question Paper

Introduction To The Study Of Language

Course:Bachelor Of Arts In Literature

Institution: Kenyatta University question papers

Exam Year:2010

KENYATTA UNIVERSITY
UNIVERSITY EXAMINATIONS 2009/2010
OPEN, DISTANCE AND E-LEARNING EXAMINATION FOR THE DEGREE
OF BACHELOR OF ARTS AND BACHELOR OF EDUCATION

AEN 100: INTRODUCTION TO THE STUDY OF LANGUAGE

DATE: Saturday 24th July 2010 TIME: 2.00p.m ? 4.00p.m

INSTRUCTIONS
Answer Question ONE and any other TWO Questions
Question One (30marks)
a)
Identify and explain the meaning relation in each of the following pairs of words.

Chair
-
furniture

Flower
-
flour

Bottom
-
top

Huge
-
large
b)
What is a clause?

[2marks]
c)
Describe 3 types of clauses giving appropriate examples.
[9marks]
d)
Discuss the prescriptive approach in the study of language.
[9marks]

Question Two (20marks)
a)
With an example of each distinguish between a morpheme, a morph, and an

allomorph.

[9marks]
b)
For each sound describe below, provide the phonetic symbol.
[5marks]

i)
Voiced alveolar plosive

ii)
Voiceless dental fricative

iii)
Voiced palatal semi-vowel.

iv)
Voiced bilabial nasal.
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v)
Glottal plosive
c)
Explain how the following organs of speech evolved to be used by humans for

producing speech sounds.

[6marks]

i)
Larynx

ii)
Pharynx

Question Three (20marks)
With an example of each, describe 5 properties of human language.

Question Four (20marks)
a)
Define the term ?Language?

[2marks]
b)
What is a presupposition? Give an example.

[2marks]
c)
Distinguish between each of the following concepts.
[6marks]

i)
Conceptual and Associative meaning.

ii)
Cohesion and coherence.

iii)
Declarative and Interrogative sentence

iv)
Simple and Complex Sentence.

Question Five
a)
With appropriate examples, discuss the following theories of the origin of human

language highlighting their strengths and weaknesses.

i)
Divine origin theory.

[10marks]

ii)
Invention theory.

[10marks]

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