UGC-NET (NTA) Linguistics, June-2021

Total Questions: 100

71. Arrange the following in chronological order:

(a) Steven Abney: The English Noun phrase in its sentential aspect
(b) Noam Chomsky: Remarks on nominalization
(c) Juan Uriagreka: Rhyme and Reason: An indroduction to minimalist syntax
(d) J.F. Ross: Constraints on variables in syntax
(e) R.B. Lees: The Grammar. of English Nominalizations
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

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

72. Arrange the following teaching methods and hypotheses in terms of their appearance from the earliest to the latest:

(a) Error Analysis
(b) Communicative Language Teaching
(c) Contrastive Analysis
(d) Input Hypothesis
(e) Monitor Model
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

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

73. Arrange the following in chronological order:

(a) Rene Appel and Pieter Muysken. 'Language contact and Bilingualism'
(b) John B. Pride and Janet Holmes 'Sociolinguistics'
(c) Lesely Milroy 'Language and Social Networks'
(d) Peter Trudgill. 'Introducing language and society'
(e) S.G. Thomason. 'Language contact: An Introduction'
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Correct Answer: E. *

74. Arrange the following in chronological order:

(a) Chatterji, S.K.: Indo Aryan and Hindi
(b) Grierson, George : Linguistic Survey of India
(c) Hook, Peter : India as a Semantic Area
(d) Colin P, Masica : The Indo-Aryan Languages
(e) Turner, R.L: A comparative dictionary of Indo-Aryan Languages
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Correct Answer: E. *

75. Statement I: At the peak of his career, Hockett was best known for his textbook "A Course in modern linguistics".

Statement II: It was written to explore frontiers and indulge in flights of fancy.
In the light of the above statement, Choose the most appropriate answer from the options below:

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

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

Assertion (A): The English word 'biotech' is an example of blending process.
Reason (R): The English words 'biology' and technology are blended to give 'biotech'.
In the light of the above statements, Choose the correct answer from the options below

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

77. Statement I: A clitic, which is a reduced form of a free morpheme (word), does not have to occur at the place where its nonreduced form could occur.

Statement II: A clitic is a type of obligatorily bound morph which is generally distinguished from an affix on the basis of its function.
In the 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

78. Statement I: A binding is a relation in which the antecedent is in an A-position (Agreement Position).

Statement II: A-Bar binding is a relation in which the antecedent is in an A-bar position (non-argument position).
In the light of the above statements, Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Correct Answer: A. Both Statement I and Statement II are true

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

Assertion (A): The grammatical relation between the terms must be specified
Reason (R): The grammatical relations can be specified in a semantically neutral way
In the light of the above statements, Choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below:

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

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

Assertion (A): A typical dictionary definition of metaphor is "the use of word or phrase to mean something different from the literal meaning.
Reason (R): Lakoff has argued metaphor is all pervasive in language and so it deserves more constructive consideration.
In the light of the above statements, choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below:

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