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Introduction To The Study Of Language  Question Paper

Introduction To The Study Of Language  

Course:Bachelor Of Arts In English And Linguistics

Institution: Kenyatta University question papers

Exam Year:2009



KENYATTA UNIVERSITY
UNIVERSITY EXAMINATIONS 2008/2009
KITUI CAMPUS
EXAMINATION FOR THE DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF ARTS
AEN 100: INTRODUCTION TO STUDY OF LANGUAGE

DATE: Monday 12th January, 2009
TIME: 9.30 a.m. ? 11.30 a.m.

INSTRUCTIONS
Answer question ONE and any other TWO questions.

1.
(a)
Explain the following properties of human language giving clear
examples:
(i)
productivity
(ii)
Arbitrariness
(iii)
Duality
(iv)
Displacement
(v)
Specialization
[15 marks]
(b)
With examples, explain the following concepts:
(i)
polysemy
(ii)
phoneme
(iii)
compound sentence
(iv)
cohesion
(v)
morpheme
[15 marks]
2.
Discuss the evolution theory traces the speech development in human beings. [20 marks]
3.
Distinguish the following terms, give examples,
(i)
Morphs and allomorphs
(ii)
Inflectional and derivational morphemes
(iii)
Phrase and sentence
(iv)
Phone and allophone.
4.
Illustrate how linguistics is related to sociology. [20 marks]
5.
With examples, describe five languages universals. [20 marks]




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