Linguistics Question for 2nd yr

dear students

pl find a copy of my 1st part of Linguistic qs.

Basic Concepts of Linguistics:

1.What are the differences between langue and parole?

2.What are the basic concepts of linguistics? How are they interrelated to each other?

3. What do you mean by Syntagmatic and Paradigmatic relationship of language?

4. What is language? What are the different characteristics of language?

5) Define linguistic performance and linguistics competence.

6) What is Ferdinand de Saussure’s contribution on syntagmatic and paradigmatic relations in language?

7) Find out the differences and relationship between Paradigms and Syntagms.

8) What is the innatist view of language acquisition? Define with examples.

9.What are the three fundamental features used to describe vowel? Draw and label a vowel quadrilateral showing the primary and secondary cardinal vowels.

10. How can a knowledge of phonetics help us improve our own pronunciation?

11. Which organs are considered speech organs? What are the basic mechanisms of speech production?

12) What are the features which make Phonetics different from phonology?

13) What is a cardinal vowel? Describe the cardinal vowels of English and show their positions in a diagram.

14) Define phonetics and phonology. Discuss the features which make phonology different from phonetics.

15) What is articulation? Classify the consonant sounds of English according to place of articulation.

16) Define phonetics and phonology. Discuss different branches of phonetics.

17) What is a diphthong? Describe English diphthongs.

18) Describe the mechanism of speech process. Show the different organs of speech with the help of a figure.

19. Write short notes on the following:-

i) Glottal stop  ii)Phones and allophones iii) Elision iv) Affricates v) Vowel sounds vi) Allophone vii) Voiced and unvoiced sounds viii) IPA ix) Assimilation x) Diphthong xi)Fortis xii) Plosive xiii) Phoneme xiv) Glottis xv) Billingualism xvi) Langue xvii) Parole xviii) Internalized rules xix) Paradigm xx) Syntagm xxi) Ferdinand de Saussure

20.Transcribe the following English words in IPA symbols:

Wednesday, think, change, major, town, girl, vision, sexual, move, car,department, ability, production, university, consider, strength, digest, attitude, zoo, academy, colour, exhibition, grammar, language, communicate, student, beautiful, basic, decision, tale, communicate, girl, bookish, about, extreme, home

Majharul Haq

Associate Professor

Dept. of English

Victoria Govt. College, Comilla

majhar.haq@gmail.com