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Part A · Brief Questions — Previous Year Questions
2015–2024
120 questions · 🔥 marks repeated ones · ⭐ marks the most important ones ·
Part A · Brief Questions120 questions
Part A · Brief Questions120
A1
What is displacement in language?
NU. 2024
A2
Who is Saussure?
NU. 2024
A3
What are the passive articulators?
NU. 2024
A4
What does RP stand for?
NU. 2024
A5
What are tripthongs?
NU. 2024
A6
What is elision?
NU. 2024
A7
What is pitch?
NU. 2024
A8
Define TG grammar.
NU. 2024
A9
What is acculturation?
NU. 2024
A10
Define intonation.
NU. 2024
A11
What do you mean by sociolect?
NU. 2024
A12
Briefly explain bilingualism.
NU. 2024
A13
What is labio-dental sound?
NU. 2023
A14
Define stress and intonation.
NU. 2023
A15
What do you understand by 1st language (L1) acquisition?
NU. 2023
A16
What is paradigmatic perspective of language?
NU. 2023
A17
What is stimulus?
NU. 2023
A18
What are 'zero morphs'?
NU. 2023
A19
Explain language aptitude?
NU. 2023
A20
What do you know about the Monitor Hypothesis?
NU. 2023
A21
Define conjoining with an example.
NU. 2023
A22
What is regressive assimilation?
NU. 2023
A23
What does IPA stand for?
NU. 2023
A24
Briefly explain 'bound morpheme'.
NU. 2023
A25
What is register?
NU. 2022
A26
What is schema?
NU. 2022
A27
What are the major levels of linguistics?
NU. 2022
A28
What does IPA stand for?
NU. 2022
A29
Define English monophthongs.
NU. 2022
A30
What is syntax?
NU. 2022
A31
What are the main branches of phonetics?
NU. 2022
A32
What is sociolect?
NU. 2022
A33
What is Psycholinguistics?
NU. 2022
A34
Define lexical morpheme with an example.
NU. 2022
A35
What do you mean by 'parole'?
NU. 2022
A36
What is CAT?
NU. 2022
A37
What is idiolect?
NU. 2021
A38
What is langue?
NU. 2021
A39
What is CPH?
NU. 2021
A40
What is the telegraphic stage?
NU. 2021
A41
What does LAD stand for?
NU. 2021
A42
What are the basic process of word formation?
NU. 2021
A43
What is inter language?
NU. 2021
A44
What are the learner factors in L2 learning?
NU. 2021
A45
What is it called when pidgin becomes a mother tongue?
NU. 2021
A46
What does ZPD stand for?
NU. 2021
A47
What is 'zero morph'?
NU. 2021
A48
What is acquisition?
NU. 2021
A49
What is linguistics?
NU. 2020
A50
Define syllable.
NU. 2020
A51
What is an acronym?
NU. 2020
A52
What is acquisition?
NU. 2020
A53
What do you understand by jargon?
NU. 2020
A54
How many plosive consonants are there in English?
NU. 2020
A55
What is TG Grammar?
NU. 2020
A56
What is homophone?
NU. 2020
A57
What is register?
NU. 2020
A58
What are the long English vowel sounds?
NU. 2020
A59
What do you understand by 'caregiver speech'?
NU. 2020
A60
What are the main branches of phonetics?
NU. 2020
A61
What is stress?
NU. 2019
A62
What is phonology?
NU. 2019
A63
Define pidgin.
NU. 2019
A64
What is LAD?
NU. 2019
A65
What does 'morpheme' mean?
NU. 2019
A66
What is semantics?
NU. 2019
A67
What is coherence?
NU. 2019
A68
What is SLA?
NU. 2019
A69
What is bilingualism?
NU. 2019
A70
What is elision?
NU. 2019
A71
What is sociolect?
NU. 2019
A72
What is pragmatics?
NU. 2019
A73
What is IPA?
NU. 2018
A74
What is diphthong?
NU. 2018
A75
What is schema?
NU. 2018
A76
What is IC?
NU. 2018
A77
What is parole?
NU. 2018
A78
What is Idiolect?
NU. 2018
A79
What is a 'minimal pair'?
NU. 2018
A80
Who is Noam Chomsky?
NU. 2018
A81
What is phonetics?
NU. 2018
A82
What is Psycholinguistics?
NU. 2018
A83
What is a dialect?
NU. 2018
A84
What is syntax?
NU. 2018
A85
What is linguistics?
NU. 2017
A86
Who is Saussure?
NU. 2017
A87
What is Langue?
NU. 2017
A88
What is a monophthong?
NU. 2017
A89
What is Pitch?
NU. 2017
A90
What is a bound morpheme?
NU. 2017
A91
What is LAD?
NU. 2017
A92
What is Sociolinguistics?
NU. 2017
A93
What is IPA?
NU. 2017
A94
What is register?
NU. 2017
A95
What is Accommodation Theory in SLA?
NU. 2017
A96
What is intonation?
NU. 2017
A97
What are the major levels of linguistics?
NU. 2016
A98
What is parole?
NU. 2016
A99
Define voicing.
NU. 2016
A100
What is assimilation?
NU. 2016
A101
What is IC?
NU. 2016
A102
What is schema?
NU. 2016
A103
What is psycholinguistics?
NU. 2016
A104
Name the passive articulators.
NU. 2016
A105
What is dipthong?
NU. 2016
A106
What is syntax?
NU. 2016
A107
What is IPA?
NU. 2016
A108
What is acronym?
NU. 2016
A109
What is Idiolect?
NU. 2015
A110
What is LAD?
NU. 2015
A111
What is Recursion?
NU. 2015
A112
What is 'zero morph'?
NU. 2015
A113
What is sociolect?
NU. 2015
A114
What is allophone?
NU. 2015
A115
What is stress?
NU. 2015
A116
What are bilabial sounds?
NU. 2015
A117
What is SLA?
NU. 2015
A118
What is a 'minimal pair'?
NU. 2015
A119
What is phonetics?
NU. 2015
A120
What is competence?
NU. 2015