ENG501 Final Term Past Papers Compilation by Adeel

Objectives

By 1783 the 13th colonies in America lost Britain

Varandah is a/an………… vernacular. Indian

We know and understand that standard English is not...... Identical

French word is…… Champagne

Word photograph origin is 1839

Origin of acne.. Greek

Improvement of eng.. Jonathan swift

First half of 18 century called... Augustan age

Language of court in Europe in 18th century.. Frence

DVD stands for..... Digital video disc

Barbeque is ……… Spanish word

Writer of Governor………. Sir Thomas elyot

The characteristics sounds of Australian speech is found in…… Vowels

Elements come via modern Latin…. Greek

Considering its geographical spread Australian English is remarkably….. Uniform

Subjective

Q:name 5 countries where english is.used as 1st language..

USA, Canada, Britain, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, several Caribbean countries.

Q:how vocabulary expended in modern age?

how vocabulary expended:

• Coined
• Not all coined
• Borrowed
• Root borrowed
• New meaning given
• Blended
• Chopped off

Why vocabulary expended:

• Changing times
• Need of the times
• Inventions
• Technology
• Science
• Traveling
• Communication
• Media

Q: syntax of South Asian countries?

In recent years, there has been a growing recognition of institutionalized nonnative varieties of English (such as South Asian English). Existing descriptions of IVEs cover only small areas of lexical, morphological, and phonological structure with even less attention paid to syntax. Although these sentences are not necessarily ungrammatical in other varieties of English, they would probably be considered unidiomatic.

Examples

• Since her birth, she has been under the hands of men (subservient to).
• Women in this century have come very forward. .

Q. Name five countries through which borrowing are happened?

1. Mexican words: chili, chocolate, tomato etc.
2. From Cuba and the West Indies: Barbecue, hammock, hurricane, maize, potato, tobacco etc.
3. From Brazil and Other South American regions: Poncho, Tapioca etc.
4. From India: Bangle, bungalow, cashmere, China, coolie, cot, curry, jungle, jute, loot, mandarin,

nirvana, polo, punch, rajah, rupee, sepoy, thug, toddy, tom-tom, and verandah

Q. after word war 1 which words are considered English language words and from which language English has borrowed?

some of the words that came into English between 1914 and 1918 as a direct consequence of World War I. Some of these were military terms representing new methods of warfare, such as air raid, antiaircraft gun, tank, and blimp. Gas mask and liaison officer were new combinations. Camouflage was borrowed from French. Where it had formerly been a term of the scenepainter’s craft, but it caught the popular fancy

Q: Spread of English in South Asia?

English was brought to the subcontinent in the early 17century by British colonialism. Today, it is spoken as a AL by 3 % of the population of Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, the Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka. In numerical terms, we can safely say that there are approximately 33 million English speaking people. South Asian English is sometimes called ‘Indian English’ as British India included most of the region, but today, the varieties of English are usually divided according to the modern states. In India, there are 25 million users of English, even more than Australia. There are intra-national and intra-regional role of ‘link’ language among people of diverse linguistic backgrounds. After so many years of independence, the countries of South Asia still use English to varying degrees in the domains of government administration, law, the military, higher education, commerce, the media, and the arts. In Pakistan, English has the status of an official language alongside the national language, Urdu. In Sri Lanka, there are efforts to ‘peoplize’ English. In Bangladesh, despite strong Bangla movement, English enjoys importance. In South Asian countries, it plays the role of the international medium for communication with the global community of nations

Q: Future of English in South Asian countries?

Linguistically and culturally, South Asian Englis a phenomenon that is;

Interesting - English has become one of the languages of communication for South Asians

Dynamic - the English language is constantly evolving and changing in South Asia, as it is constantly being interconnected with South Asian cultures

Q: What is Black Death?

This event is known in the history as ‘The Black Death’. It was in the summer of 1348 that in the Southwest of England, first case of this plague was reported. These were the first cases of a disease that in its contagiousness and fatality exceeded anything previously known. The Black Death spread rapidly over the rest of the country, reaching its height in 1349.40 percent of the parish clergy died of the plague. Death rate during the plague approximated 30 percent. The effects of so great a calamity were naturally serious. Mortality was greatest among the lower social orders. The question arises why mortality was greatest among the lower social orders? The answer is simple: it happened because their life style was poor, hygiene conditions were bad and affordability to medicine was very low. The result of these deaths was a labor shortage which consequently gave rise to increase in wages.

Q: Describe 3 reasons bcz of which English not considered sophesticated language in the Renaissance period?

Latin and Greek were the key to the world’s knowledge and were highly esteemed for poetry, oratory, and philosophy. English faced a competition. English had a recent history of:

• A vulgar tongue
• Being immature
• Unpolished with limited resources
• Could not express abstract ideas

Q:Note on Varieties of English.