Major · 01/ENG/MJR/402T · 2026–27 intake
Elementary Linguistics
Semester VII · 6 credits · 5 units
Examination scheme & source discrepancies
The source lists 3 hours, 120 end-semester marks and 30 sessional marks.
Some marking instructions are internally inconsistent. Confirm the current pattern with your department; the practice questions here do not claim to reproduce it.
Scheme of Examination Maximum Marks: 120 Time: 03 Hours Part-1 Total ten questions (2 from each unit). Answer to these questions shall be limited to 30 words each. (10 X 2 =20) Part -2 (5 X 20 =100) Questions may be subdivided into parts. Candidate shall answer all the parts of the same question. Answer one out of two questions from every unit.
Examination scheme wording was missing from the first transcription and has been filled from the owner-supplied PDF (p.28); the full college copy prints the same text across pp.116–117.
Unit ILanguage and its nature / Seven major features of language
2 entries
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Language, its Nature (Vis-à-vis other forms of Communication, Major features of Language (7 features)
Source syllabus · page 115Unit IIOrgans of speech and their functions / Vowels and more
5 entries
- Organs of speech and their functionsComing soon
- VowelsComing soon
- ConsonantsComing soon
- DiphthongsComing soon
- Consonant clustersComing soon
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Phonetics: Organs of speech and their functions, Speech sounds (Major diversions: Vowels, Consonants, Diphthongs, Consonant Clusters)
Source syllabus · page 115Unit IIIPhonemes / Allophones and more
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- PhonemesComing soon
- AllophonesComing soon
- English speech soundsComing soon
- IPA symbols and transcription practiceComing soon
- Syllables and types of syllableComing soon
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Phonology (Phonemes, Allophones), English speech sounds, IPA symbols (Transcription practice), Syllables, Types of syllables
Source syllabus · page 115Unit IVStress / Stress shift and more
7 entries
- StressComing soon
- Stress shiftComing soon
- Compound word stressComing soon
- IntonationComing soon
- TonesComing soon
- PitchComing soon
- JunctureComing soon
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Supra Segmental: Stress (Stress shift, compound word stress), Intonation (tones, pitch), Juncture
Source syllabus · page 115Unit VMorpheme / Morph and more
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- MorphemeComing soon
- MorphComing soon
- AllomorphComing soon
- Inflectional deviationComing soon
- Derivational morphologyComing soon
- ClippingComing soon
- BlendsComing soon
- BorrowingComing soon
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Morphology: Morpheme, Morph, Allomorph, Vocabulary: Word- formation (Inflectional Deviation and Derivational morphology, Clipping, Blends, Borrowing)
Source syllabus · page 116Recommended readings in the source
- Akmajian Adrian & others. Linguistics: An Introduction to Language and Communication. MIT Press (Fourth Edition), 1996.
- Rajimwale Sharad. Elements of General Linguistics, Vol. 1 & 2. New Delhi: Rama Brothers, 2007.
- Clashen, Harald & Others. Linguistics: An Introduction. 2 nd Edition. Cambridge University Press, 2018.
- McGregor, William B. Linguistics: An Introduction. Bloomsbury Academic India, 2018.