EEG-VII (UT-26)

Bachelors Programme

EEG-VII (UT-26)
2.

B. D. P.
3.

ENGLISH

Full Marks : 100

Write the phonemic transcriptions of any four of

the following :
14=4
bus, drawer, stronger, weak, third, page, poor,
listen, harm, comb.

( Seventh Paper : Philology, Phonetics, Rhetoric &

Prosody and Unseen )
Time : Four Hours

Write short philological notes on any five of the

following :
2 5 = 10
wife, gossip, Easter, tidings, pea, cheap, earl,
healthen, pub, its.

Term End Examination December, 2013 & June, 2014

Elective Course

4.

Write critical notes on any two of the following :

( Weightage of Marks : 70% )

32=6

Special credit will be given for accuracy and relevance

in the answer. Marks will be deducted for incorrect
spelling, untidy work and illegible handwriting.
The weightage for each question has been
indicated in the margin.

1.

Answer any two of the following questions :

15 2 = 30
(a)

Show with illustrative references how new

words are formed in English from native
resources through some regular processes
of word formation.

(b)

Assess the importance of the different

phases of Latin influence on the English
Language.

(c)

What was the impact of Christianity on the

English language ?

(d)

Write notes on any two of the following :

(i)

the ing ending

(ii)

hybridism

(iii)

Johnsonese

(iv)

homonym verbs.

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5.

(i)

Syllable

(ii)

Long vowels

(iii)

Bilabial plosives

(iv)

Teeth-ridge

(v)

Laterals

(vi)

Fricatives.

Scan any one of the following passages and

indicate the predominant metre and variations, if
any :
10 1 = 10
Tiger, tiger, burning bright
In the forests of the night,
What immortal hand or eye
Could frame thy fearful symmetry.
OR
Not a drum was heard, not a funeral note
As his corpse to the rampart we hurried;
Not a soldier discharged his farewell shot
Oer the grave where our hero we buried.

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7.

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Identify and explain the figures of speech in any

one of the following texts :
10 1 = 10
Milton ! Thou shouldst be living at this hour :
England hath need of thee : She is a fen
of stagnant waters : after, sword, and pen,
Fireside, the heroic wealth of hall and bower,
Have forefeited their ancient England dower
of inward happiness.
OR
Tomorrow and tomorrow and tomorrow,
Creeps in this petty pace from day to day
Till the last syllable of recorded time
And all our yesterdays have lighted fools
The way to dusty death.
Write the substance of one of the following
passages and add a critical note on diction,
imagery and metre :
20 + 10
Break, break, break
On thy cold gray stones, O Sea !
And I would that my tongue could utter
The thoughts that arise in me.
O, well for the fishermans boy
That he shouts with his sister at play !
O, well for the sailor lad,
That he sings in his boat on the bay !
And the stately ships go on
To their haven under the hill;
But O for the touch of a vanishd hand,
And the sound of a voice that is still !
Break, break, break
At the foot of thy crags O sea !
But the tender grace of a day that is dead
Will never come back to me.
OR

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The golden gates of sleep unbar

Where Strength and Beauty, met together,
Kindle their image like a star
In a sea of glassy weather !
Night, with all thy stars look down,
Darkness, weep thy holiest dew,
Never smiled the inconstant moon
On a pair so true.
Let eyes not see their own delight;
Haste, swift hour, and thy flight
Oft renew.
Fairies, sprites, and angels, keep her !
Holy stars, permit no wrong !
And return to wake the sleeper,
Dawn, ere it be long !
O joy ! O fear ! what will be done
In the absence of the sun !
Come along !

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