English consonants can be classified according to their places of articulation. This classification helps to understand where the sounds are produced in...Continue
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What is the difference between competence and performance? Competence and performance are two important ideas in language. Competence means knowing a language....Continue
Give a brief account of satire in the eighteenth century with reference to Pope, Dryden, Defoe, and Swift. The eighteenth century/The Neo-classical...Continue
Comment on the symbols used in Hopkins’ poems. Symbols are objects or ideas that represent deeper meanings. G. M. Hopkins (1844-189) used...Continue
How does Hopkins combine the themes of nature and religion in his poems? Gerard Manley Hopkins (1844-1889) was a poet and a...Continue
Critically appreciate the use of imagery in Arnold’s poems. Imagery is a literary device that uses descriptive language to create mental pictures...Continue
Write what you know about Browning’s view of art and life. Or, write a note on Browning’s attitude to art and life....Continue
“Tennyson is at his best in his lyrical and descriptive poems.” Explain with illustrations. Or, Tennyson is a pictorial artist. Or, Discuss...Continue
What are the differences between dialect and register? Language, a human communication system, is diverse. The two key aspects that contribute to...Continue
What is sociolinguistics? Discuss the different varieties of sociolinguistics. Sociolinguistics is the study of how language interacts with society. It explores how...Continue
Write a short note on LAD. The Language Acquisition Device (LAD) is a concept introduced by Noam Chomsky in the 1960s. It...Continue
What is the difference between acquisition and learning? Acquisition and learning are two ways of gaining knowledge or skills, especially in language....Continue
Write a note on Universal Grammar. Universal Grammar (UG) is a linguistics theory that suggests humans are innately able to learn language....Continue
Explain coherence and cohesion. Imagine you are building a bridge. The bricks (ideas) must be strong as well as must also connect...Continue
What is phrase structure grammar? Imagine a sentence like "The red car zoomed past the house." Phrase structure grammar helps us understand...Continue
What is semantics? Semantics is the study of meaning in language. It examines how words, phrases, and sentences convey meaning. The roots...Continue
What is a morpheme? Distinguish between free and bound morphemes. A morpheme is the smallest unit of meaning in a language. It...Continue
What is elision? Elision is omitting one or more sounds in a word or phrase. It often makes speech easier or quicker....Continue
Define phonetics. Phonetics is the branch of linguistics that studies the sounds of human speech. It explores how sounds are produced, transmitted,...Continue
Discuss the difference between language, langue, and parole. Language, langue, and parole are vital linguistic concepts. In his Course in General Linguistics,...Continue
Why is linguistics considered as a science? Linguistics is the scientific study of language. It emerged as a distinct field in the...Continue
What is language? In what sense language is arbitrary? Language is a communication system that uses symbols, sounds, or gestures to convey...Continue
Describe cardinal vowels and show their position through a diagram. A Cardinal Vowel is a vowel sound produced when the tongue is...Continue
Discuss critically the Nativist Theory of language learning. Noam Chomsky's Nativist Theory of Language Acquisition is a fundamental and influential linguistics and...Continue