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Engl 0111: Introduction To Language Question Paper

Engl 0111: Introduction To Language

Course:Diploma In Education Arts

Institution: Chuka University question papers

Exam Year:2013

CHUKA

UNIVERSITY

UNIVERSITY EXAMINATIONS

FIRST YEAR EXAMINATION FOR THE AWARD OF
DIPLOMA IN EDUCATION (ARTS)

ENGL 0111: INTRODUCTION TO LANGUAGE

STREAMS: DIP. EDUC (ARTS) Y1S1 TIME: 2 HOURS

DAY/DATE: MONDAY 12/8/2013 11.30 A.M. – 1.30 P.M.
INSTRUCTIONS:

Answer question 1 and any other two.

1. (a) Define the following terms in language study: [10 marks]

(i) Onomatopoeic sounds
(ii) Linguistic competence
(iii) Non-directionality
(iv) Sociolinguistics
(v) Displacement

(b) With suitable examples, distinguish between specificallycommunicative and unintentionallyinformative signals of language. [6 marks]

(c) State any six facts that hold true for all human languages. [6 marks]

(d) Define the term linguistics and briefly explain what is studied under the following branches of linguistics. [8 marks]

(i) Applied linguistics
(ii) Phonetics
(iii) Syntax

2. Discuss the following properties of human languages:

(a) Arbitrariness [10 marks]
(b) Productivity [10 marks]
3. With suitable examples, explain what it is a person knows when he/she is said to
know a language. [20 marks]

4. Explain the physiological adaptations of human beings that enable them to produce speech, unlike all the other creatures. [20 marks]

5. (a) Discuss the Natural Sound Source theory of language origins and present its
weaknesses. [12 marks]

(b) What are the weaknesses of the Divine Source theory of language origin?
[8 marks]

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