UGC-NET (NTA) Linguistics, June-2020

Total Questions: 100

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

Assertion (A): Gender has disappeared altogether in Bengali, Assamese and Odiya to which may be added Bishanpuria and Sadri.
Reason (R): Far from being aberrant, this Eastern loss of gender can be seen as the outcome of the phonological erosion of O/A terminations, and the absence of the sense of gender from the verb.
In light of the above statements, choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Correct Answer: B. Both (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is NOT the correct explanation of (A)

52. Arrange the following concepts in the order in which they are used in morphology to analyse the internal structure of words.

(a) Morph
(b) Allomorph
(c) Morpheme
(d) Zero morpheme
(e) Zero - allomorph
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Correct Answer: E. *

53. Arrange the following books in the correct chronological order from the most recent to the earliest.

(a) Knowledge of Language
(b) Minimalist Program
(c) Syntactic Structures
(d) Aspects of The Theory of Syntax
(e) Lectures on Government and Binding
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Correct Answer: A. (c), (d), (a), (e), (b)

54. Arrange the following in chronological order:

(a) Grice. H.P. "Studies in The Ways of Words"
(b) Austin. J.L. "How To Do Things with Words"
(c) Lakoff, George "Women, Fire and Dangerous Things"
(d) Leech Geoffrey, N "Principles of Pragmatics"
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Correct Answer: A. (a), (b), (c), (d)

55. Arrange the following books / articles in the correct chronological order of dates they were first published, from the earliest to the most recent.

(a) 'Directions in Sociolinguistics' by Gumperz and Hymes (ed).
(b) 'Language' by Bloomfield
(c) 'Languages and Social Networks' by Milroy
(d) 'Code Switching in Conversation' by Auer (ed).
(e) 'Diglossia' by Ferguson,
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Correct Answer: A. (a), (b), (c), (d), (e)

56. Arrange the following in chronological order:

(a) Fowler R.: Essays on Style and Language
(b) Fowler R.: Linguistic Criticism
(c) Fowler R.: The Languages of Literature
(d) Fowler R.: Literature as Social Discourse
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Correct Answer: A. (a), (b), (c), (d)

57. Arrange the following books in the correct chronological order of dates they were first published, from the earliest to the most recent.

(a) 'Language, its Nature, Development and Origin' by O. Jespersen.
(b) 'Course in Modern Linguistics' by С Hockett.
(c) 'Sound Patterns of English' by N. Chomsky & M. Halle.
(d) 'Language as a Social Semiotic' by M. Halliday.
(e) 'On Nature and Language' by N. Chomsky.
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Correct Answer: D. (b), (c), (e), (d), (а)

58. Arrange the following books in the correct chronological order of dates they were first published, from the earliest to the most recent.

(a) 'Course in Modern Linguistics' by С. Hockett
(b) 'A First Language: The Early Stages' by R. Brown
(c) 'Principles of Pragmatics' by G.N. Leech
(d) 'The Language Instinct' by S. Pinker
(e) 'On Nature and Language' by N. Chomsky
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Correct Answer: D. (c), (e), (d), (a), (b)

59. A non-finite verb in English can have:

(a) Person, number and gender marking
(b) Tense, aspect and mood marking
(c) Only aspect marking
(d) Only tense marking
(e) Only mood marking
Choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below:

Correct Answer: A. (a) and (b) only

60. An infinite form of the verb in English has:

(a) No person, number & gender marking
(b) No tense, aspect and mood marking
(c) Only person marking
(d) Only tense marking
(e) Only aspect & mood marking
Choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below:

Correct Answer: B. (b) and (c) only