UGC-NET (NTA) Linguistics, June-2020

(a) Increase the number of arguments/actants of the verb
(b) Weaken the verb semantically
(c) Make the verb infinitive
(d) Make the verb non-finite
(e) Make the verb into a noun
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(a) A morpheme that occurs in any environment
(b) A form of a word that occurs independently
(c) A single morph that can be analysed into more than one morpheme
(d) A morpheme that restricts the meaning of a word to only one meaning
(e) A morpheme that changes the semantic meaning of the word
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(a) the verb is marked with past tense morpheme
(b) the verb is marked with perfective morpheme
(c) the verb is marked with participle morpheme
(d) the verb is marked with agreement morpheme
(e) the verb is marked with conjoining morpheme
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(a) At any point in the derivation, spell-out may be applied creating a new dimension in derivation leading to interface level PF
(b) If the ultimate representation reached at PF satisfies the interface condition of PF, the derivation is said to crash at PF
(c) If, on the other hand, it does not meet the interface conditions of PF, the derivation is said to converge at PF
(d) New lexical items cannot be inserted after a spell out.
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(a) The vowel change from Middle English to Modern English is explained
(b) The long vowels systematically get raised
(c) The short vowels systematically get lowered
(d) The highest long vowels get diphthongized
(e) The central vowels get fronted
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(a) This hypothesis relates Turkic, Mongolian and Tungusic together
(b) This also relates Korean and Japanese together
(c) The Altaic traits include vowel harmony, simple phoneme inventories and agglutination
(d) The Altaic languages are highly prefixal
(e) Morphology of Altaic languages is very complex
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(a) This process worsens the uniformity of a word - paradigm
(b) This weakens the semantic content of words
(c) This process makes the paradigms more uniform
(d) This process helps to undo the alternations that the forms must have undergone
(e) The English words old elder → eldest→ old-older → oldest is an example of this process Choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below:

(a) The students didn't like the course
(b) The students loved the course
(c) The students disliked the course
(d) The students despise the course
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(a) It is a variety of language
(b) It is a process of Creole formation
(c) it bears linguistic resemblance to Creole
(d) It lacks a history of origin in a pidgin language
(e) It may or may not have a strong tradition of use by native speakers
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(a) People with power use language to reproduce their privileged positions
(b) People without power shun the language/ languages of the privileged class
(c) Myers-Scotton used this concept in her work in Africa where colonial languages are spoken by a minority of the population
(d) Labov used this concept in his work in New York departmental stores
(e) Elite closure act as an effective 'gatekeeping' measure
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