ENG522 Midterm Solved Papers Set 2

1. Saussure thought of language sounds as a series of linguistic signs that are purely

. (Arbitrary)

2. In general terms, quantitative methodology aims to uncover facts and truths in
3. In America, a structural approach was continued through the efforts of Franz
4. The earliest known attempts to describe a language in a systematic way originated in ancient northwestern . (India)
5. A child stays at the telegraphic stage for about . (Half a year)
6. Deep structure determines interpretation. (Semantic)
7. The rules that express the relation of deep and surface structures in sentence are called grammatical . (Transformation)
8. Who among the following said, “The term applied linguistics” raises fundamental
9. Who among the following calls applied linguistics as ‘an open field of interest in language’? (Ben Rampton)
10. Who among the following presents the ‘Seven Ways of Looking at (Ron

Macaulay)

11. Who among the following collected the very first steps of language in children in his article ‘Language Growth and Maturation’? (Lenneberg)
12. Applied linguistics is a methodology in itself, because it is concerned with problems in which central role. (Real-world)
13. The revolutionary attempt of Chomsky in linguistics starts from his concept of grammar. (Transformational)

Q14. Who among the following is known as arguably the first descriptive linguist?

(Panini)

15. At what age children begin to imitate activities and utterances from the people
16. The rules that express the relation of deep and surface structures in sentences are called (Transformation)
17. An etic study is often known as a/an study. (Comparitive)
18. The analytic study of language began around 500 BC in Greece and .

(India)

19. Children are exposed to imperfect language from the from the adults around them and yet they learn language . (Perfectly)
20. A child enters a two-word stage of language at around months of age.

(Eighteen)

21. At what age children learn their first words? (Around ten to twelve months)
22. What particular term Chomsky uses for ‘the way in which people use language
23. What specific name Chomsky uses for ‘the representation of language in the mind’? (Competence)
24. Quechua, the language of the Inca Empire, had its first grammar written in

(1547)

25. One important source of that enrichment has been the journal Language Learning, published from the university of . (Michigan)
26. Descriptive linguistics is closely allied with the . (Social sciences)
27. In functional linguistics, the concern is with language as a means of

(Communication)

28. Which of the following errors occurs when the learner is unaware of the existence
29. Choose the correct option.

A task-based syllabus is based on learning. (task-based)

30. Which of the following sources concerns the nature of the L2 knowledge system and the difficulties learners have in sing it in production? (Psycholinguistic)
31. Which of the following errors occurs in utterances that are syntactically and semantically well-formed but pragmatically odd? (Covert)
32. Which of the following refers to a performance error that is either a random guess or a slip? (Mistake)

Q33. Which of the following provides the overall rationale for educating students?

(Curriculum)

34. Which of the following concepts is a learner language form that deviates or violates, a target language rule? (error)
35. Which of the following syllabus is more compatible with intermediate students
36. Which of the following means that learners focus on the topic? (Narrow

listening)

Q37. Which of the following errors is caused by mother tongue interference?

(interlingual)

38. Choose the correct option

Curriculum deals with the abstract general goals of . (education)

39. Choose the correct option
40. Choose the correct option

The term refers to the communication purpose of the speaker. (function)

41. Which of the following samples involves only one sample of language use produced by a single learner? (incidental)
42. Which of the following is defined as the presence of an item that should not appear in a well-formed utterance? (addition)
43. Which of the following can be defined as the words following the functional expression? (notion)
44. Choose the correct option

Speaking involves dynamic interaction of material, and social processes.

(articulatory)

45. Which of the following syllabuses works better with elementary and pre- intermediate students? (Procedural)
46. Which of the following syllabuses is a synthetic syllabus and its contents are product oriented? (Grammatical)