Lexical Studies

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UNIVERSITY OF EDUCATION DG KHAN CAMPUS

Student’s Name & Roll No………...……………………………...........................


Course Instructor : Mr. Imtiaz Ahmad

Paper course: Lexical Studies Exam : Final-term


Program: B.S English (ENGL2113) Semester: 3rd (Eve)
Session: 2017-21 Total marks: 60
Time allowed: 2h Dated: 09-02-2019

Q. No. 1
Encircle the correct one 12x1.5 = 18
i) The structure of complex words is determined by:

a) Morphology b) Prosodic morphology c) Lexicology d) Word formology

ii) The trunction name of '' Amelia'' is :

a) Amel b) Melia c) Mel d) Lia

iii) In normal speech how much words a speaker utters in one second ?

a) 3 words b) 5 words c) 7 words d) 9 words

iv) How many verbs are founded in 20th century ?

a) 184 b) 284 c) 384 d) 484

v) The central element of linguistics is :

a) Morphology b) Phraseology c) Lexicology d) Phonology

vi) The term '' Corpus '' is used for -------------- literary works,

a) Archived b) Small c) Large d) All of these

vii) The compound with two semantic head is known as :

a) Excocentric b) Oppositional c) Copulative d) Non of these

viii) How many inflectional affixes are in English language ?

a) Eight 8 b) Ten 10 c) Eighteen 18 d) Eighty one 81

ix) Accent is a variation in --------------,

a) Tone b) Pronunciation c) Grammar d) Structure

x) Language shift occures when a ------- language come.

a) Native b) Dominant c) Weak d) All of these


xi) Lexical shifting means ' changing ' in --------.

a) Structure b) Meaning c) Grammar d) Pronunciation

xii) Register is also known as -----------------.

a) Dialect b) Pidgin c) Style d) Creole

Q. No. 2 6×3=18

Write a short note on the following questions :

i) What is prosodic morphology ?

ii) Desribe Neocalssical compounds with examples.

iii) Difference between lingua franca & pidgin.

iv) What is language shifting & mention factors ?

v) How we can measure language productivity ?

vi) What is Corpus linguistics & its origin ?

Q. No. 3 2×12=24

Write a briefe note on the following questions :

i) Describe compounding, its types & properties.

ii)Which factors are responsible for language shifting ? Discuss

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