Mohamed Kheider University of Biskra

Faculty of Letters and Languages

Module: Linguistics Dept. of Letters and Foreign Languages Level: 01st Year LMD
Date:January22, 2017 English Division Time: 11.20- 12.50

First Replacement Exam

Directions
Use your own sentences and do not copy from the handouts of the lectures

Mind your English as well as your handwriting

Do not use red pen

A- Fill in the gap in each of the sentences below with the appropriate word/ phrase.
(07.00 points).

1. Difference in pronunciation is one aspect of the study of …………………………

(Dialect, Standard language, accent).

2. Zanoxyn is a nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug for arthritis, bursitis and tendonitis is

an example ..............( Jargon, Slang, accent).

3. French is the .................................language of latin. ( sister, mother, daughter).

4. Lo, which a great thing is affeccioun! Men may die of imaginacioun is an example of

.........................................................(middle English, modern English, early Modern,

modern English).

5. ................................ is the study of meaning and change of meaning of words, phrases,

and sentences. ( Pragmatics, Semantics, Discourse analysis).

6. ...............................Refers to the idea that the work has to be complete and thorough.

(economy, exhaustiveness, consistency and objectivity).

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7. .............................................. the scientific investigation of language in the context of

extralinguistic factors. (National Language, macrolinguistics, microlinguistics,

Pragmatics).

B- Write short notes on the following statements in your own style. (06.00 points).

1. By means of Narrowing Process, a word such as Mete has changed to Meat.

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2. Human Beings are able to produce sentences/ expressions which have never heard
before.

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3. Language has been defined/ viewed differently.

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4. Explain why the following statement is is outside the domain of linguistics: ‘´Arabic is
the language of the people of paradise’’.

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C. Write a paragraph answering ONE of the following topics.

Topic One: Discuss the following statement with reference to what you have already
studied "From now on I will consider a language to be a set (finite or infinite) of
sentences, each finite in length and constructed out of a finite set of elements."