KALAIMAHAL COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCE COLLEGE

SEMBANARKOIL

II B.A ENGLISH

21UENGC44 -HISTORY OF ENGLISH LANGUAGE

MODEL EXAMINATION –APRIL2023

TIME: 3 HRS MARKS: 50

I Answer the following 10x 2 =20

1. What is the assumption of thinkers and poets about language?

2. What are sign language?
3. Why is language called arbitrary?
4. Define displacement in language.
5. What are the languages we have in western group?
6. How did the Anglo-Saxons come to settle in England?
7. What is known as the Great Vowel Shift?
8. Define Standard English.
9. What are the Fallacies behind the term ‘standard English’?
10.What are the Latin words that indicate the coming of Christian culture to
England?
II Answer the question choosing the option either (A) or (B) 5X5 =25
11. A) What are the different systems of communication?
Or
B) Write a paragraph on duality in language
12. A) Describe the Easter group of languages in the Indo-European family
Or

B) Why is Germanic considered as Indo-European language .

13.A)Illustrate the Changes occurring in the parts of speech?

Or

B) Write notes on slang.

14.A) Comment on the Metaphorical application of words issued by writers.

Or

B) Write a short note on generalization of meaning.

 15.A) Discuss the incongruity between spelling and pronunciations in the
early modern English period.

Or

B)Mention the factors that caused variation in the spelling of particular

words

III Answer any three of the following 3x 10= 30

16.Write an essay on the Latin contribution to English language.

17.Comment on the French influence on the English vocabulary.
18.Explain how language is having dual structure.
19.Write an essay on Indo-European family of language .
20.How do back formation and proper nouns contributed to the growth of
English vocabulary?