UGC-NET (NTA) Linguistics, June-2020

Total Questions: 100

31. Patient-centred approaches to languages assessment aim to:

Correct Answer: B. Determine to what extent the patient's language conforms to normalcy conditions

32. "Take the leap of joy" is an example of:

Correct Answer: D. Homonym

33. In lexicography, "field label" refers to:

Correct Answer: B. Expert concept

34. A type of reference work which presents factual information in a wide range of subject disciplines is known as:

Correct Answer: B. Electronic dictionary

35. A translation that takes greater account of the aesthetic value and allows for the translator's intuitive empathy with the original is:

Correct Answer: C. Faithful Translation

36. Given below are two statements:

Statement I: 'The subject of an intransitive verb and the direct object of the transitive verb is in the same case form, that is, absolutive case,' defines the Ergative languages.
Statement II: Languages with Ergative - Absolutive case system may have object - verb agreement.
In light of the above statements, choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Correct Answer: C. Statement I is correct, but Statement II is false

37. Given below are two statements: one is labelled as Assertion (A) and the other is labelled as Reason (R).

Assertion (A): An infinitive form of verbs does not have the tense, aspect and mood markers and thus it can't be the only verbal element in the sentence,
Reason (R): A sentence has to have a finite verb because of agreement with the subject and for the purpose of case assignment (i.e., both INFL = Nominative & Verb = Accusative),
In the light of the above statements, choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Correct Answer: A. Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A)

38. Given below are two statements

Statement I: The Phonological Rules form a set of rules which mediate between the systematic phonemic level and the systematic phonetic level.
Statement II: The Phonological Rules of a language constitute an ordered set since the output of the same rules provide input to the others.
In light of the above statements choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Correct Answer: C. Statement I is true, but Statement II is false

39. Given below are two statements

Statement I: Copy theory of movement assumes that movement is a composite operation involving two sub-operations of copying and deletion.
Statement II: In the copy theory, a moved constituent leaves behind a copy of itself when it moves, with the copy generally having its phonetic features deleted and so being null.
In light of the above statements, choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below:

Correct Answer: D. Statement I is Incorrect, but Statement II is correct

40. Given below are two statements

Statement I: Semanticists aim to explain the meaning of each sentence as arising from, on the one hand, the meanings of its parts, on the other, the manner in which parts are put together.
Statement II: That is what a compositional theory of meaning amounts to.
In light of the above statements, choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below:

Correct Answer: D. Statement I is Incorrect, but Statement II is correct