Morphology, Syntax And Sementics Question Paper

Morphology, Syntax And Sementics

Course:Bachelor Of Education English

Institution: Kenyatta University question papers

Exam Year:2009

KENYATTA UNIVERSITY
UNIVERSITY EXAMINATIONS 2009/2010
FIRST SEMESTER EXAMINATION FOR THE DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF
ARTS AND BACHELOR OF EDUCATION

AEN 203:
MORPHOLOGY, SYNTAX AND SEMENTICS

DATE: Wednesday, 30th December, 2009
TIME: 11.00 a.m. ? 1.00 p.m.
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INSTRUCTIONS:
SECTION A:
1.
a)
Define the following terms and illustrate using relevant examples how
they relate to one another.
i)
Morphology
ii)
Syntax
iii)
Sementics
(15 marks)

b)
Identify which of the following five sentences are Kernel and which ones
are not.
i)
The men come.
ii)
London is no longer glamourous.
iii)
The mayor will be elected by the people.
iv)
Is it?
v)
Exams can be tricky.
(5 marks)
c)
Distinguish between derivational and influential morphology.
(5 marks)

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SECTION B:
2
a)
Briefly explain any three factors that an adequate theory of syntax must
address. (12
marks)

b)
Draw a phrase structure tree for the sentence;

The people are reading the draft constitution.

(8 marks)

3.
a)
Briefly illustrate any three weaknesses of Transformation Generative
Theory. (12
marks)

b)
Use the following PS rules and write only one sentence that
accommodates all of them.
i) S ? NP VP
ii) N ? Det N
iii) VP ? V PP
iv) PP ? P NP

(8 marks)

SECTION C:
4.
a)
Distinguish between the following pairs of linguistic terms.
i)
Morpheme and Phoneme
ii)
Root and Stem
iii)
Affix and Suffix
iv)
Lexical morpheme and bound morpheme
(8 marks)

b)
Explain any four word processes using examples form any language you
are
familiar
with
(12
marks)

5.
a)
Briefly explain the following terms:-
i)
Hyponymy
ii)
Contradiction
iii)
Meaning

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iv)
Word
v)
Connotation
(10 marks)

b)
Study the data below and answer the questions that follow:-
Chickasaw
English Chickasaw
English
Affirmative
Negative

Tomata

They are big Iktomato

They are not big
Lakunlo She
came
iklakanlo
She
did
not
come
Thoma
remember
ikthomo Do
not
remember

(8 marks)

i)
Identify the negative marker morpheme

(2 marks)

ii)
What kind of an affix is the negative marker morpheme you have
identified
in
(i)
above

(2
marks)

iii)
Give any problems you may encounter given the kind of limited
data like above in morphological analysis.
(4 marks)
iv)
How would such problems be solved.

(2 marks)

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