LOYOLA COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), CHENNAI – 600 034
M.A. DEGREE EXAMINATION – ENGLISH LITERATURE
SUPPLEMENTARY EXAMINATION – JUNE 2007
EL 4953 / 2802 - SOCIOLINGUISTICS & DISCOURSE ANALYSIS
Date & Time: 25/06/2007 / 9:00 - 12:00
Dept. No.
Max. : 100 Marks
PART – A
1. Write notes on ANY FOUR of the following in not more than 75 words. (4x 5 = 20)
a) Adolescent phase in the sociolinguistic development of a child.
b) Sociolinguistics and the sociology of language.
c) Social Dialect.
d) Difference between code-mixing and code-switching.
e) Difference Hypothesis of Labov.
f) Sexism in the English language.
2. Answer ANY TWO of the following in about 450 words: (2 x 20 = 40)
a) “Sociolinguists flourish where linguists flounder….” Comment.
b) Discuss the confusion and controversy surrounding the notion of “speech
community” in sociolinguistics.
c) Examine the concept of semantic relativity in the context of language, culture
and thought.
PART – B
1. Write notes on ANY FOUR of the following in not more than 75 words. (4x 5 = 20)
a. Communicative competence vs Linguistic competence
b. Language and class differences
c. Subjective and Objective differences in people’s language
d. Different kinds of vocabularies used among people of the same language
e. Prototypes in language use.
2.
Answer ANY ONE of the following in about 450 words: (1 x 20 = 20)
a) Write an essay on Subjective Inequality in language.
b) Analyse India as the nation of Unity in Diversity from the language point
of view
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