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JAIPUR NATIONAL UNIVERSITY, JAIPUR School of Distance Education & Learning Internal Assignment M.A. English

Paper Code: MEG – 205 Paper Title: Applied Linguistics and Contemporary English Grammar

Last date of submission: Max. Marks: 15

Note : Question No. 1 is of short answer type and is compulsory for all the students. It carries 5 Marks. (Word limits 50-100)

Q. 1. Answer all the questions. 1. What is the difference between phrase and clause? 2. Define “focus” with two examples. 3. What is an intransitive verb according to Roland Barthes? 4. What is stylistics? 5. Make sentences using any two of the following idiomatic phrases as a noun phrase. i. Cup of tea ii. Iron man iii. Pull the pin Note: Answer any two questions. Each question carries 5 marks (Word limits 500)

Q. 2. What According to Brooks are the humanistic uses of literature and what is the impact of structuralism and post theories on it? Q. 3. “A living language cannot be taught through the translation or the grammar method. One can learn cycling only by to ride it, one can learn a language by learning to use it.” In the light of the above statement examine the basic characteristics of Grammar Translation Method and its limitations. Q. 4. Write an essay on any one of the following: i. Reinforcement ii. Devices of Emphasis iii. Contrastive Focus JAIPUR NATIONAL UNIVERSITY, JAIPUR School of Distance Education & Learning Internal Assignment M.A. English

Paper Code: MEG – 205 Paper Title: Applied Linguistics and Contemporary English Grammar

Last date of submission: Max. Marks: 15

Note : Question No. 1 is of short answer type and is compulsory for all the students. It carries 5 Marks. (Word limits 50-100)

Q. 1. Answer all the questions. i. Write a short note on ‘Stylistics’. ii. Define ‘theme’ with three examples. iii. What does Cleanth Brooks mean by ‘The primacy of the linguistic Medium’? iv. Define “focus” with three examples. v. Write a short note on ‘situational Method’.

Note: Answer any two questions. Each question carries 5 marks (Word limits 500)

Q.5 What are lthe basic characteristics of Bilingual Method. Write its merits and limitations. Q.6 What are the traces and impacts of structuralism and past structuralism theories on Cleanth Brooks essay “The Promacy of the linguistic medium”. Q.7 How can communicative language teaching prove helpful in the teaching of languages. Elaborate.