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According to Ferdinand de Saussure, language is:
(a) An interlocking structure
(b) A System of constant change.
(c) A system of signs.
(d) A self-standing formation.
[1] (a) and (b) only [2] (a) and (c) only [3] (b) and (d) only [4] (c) and (d) onlyAnswer: 2
Who is the author of “The Typology of Detective Fiction”?
[1] G.K. Chesterton [2] Tzvetan Todorov [3] Umberto Eco [4] Vladimir ProppAnswer: 2
Find the chronological order of publication of the given works:
A) Structuralist Poetics
B) Course in General Linguistics
C) The Pursuit of Signs
D) The Pleasure of the Text
E) The Implied Reader
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
1) A, C, D, E, B
2) B, D, E, A, C
3) C, D, A, B, E
4) D, E, A, C, B
Answer: 2) B, D, E, A, C
Given below are two statements:
Statement I: Things acquire a rational signification, and not only one of simple usage, because another is associated with my relations with them.
Statement II: In designating a thing, I designate it to the other.
In light of the above statements, choose the correct answer from the options given below:
1) Both Statement I and Statement II are true
2) Both Statement I and Statement II are false
3) Statement I is true but Statement II is false
4) Statement I is false but Statement II is true
Answer: 1) Both Statement I and Statement II are true
The science that systematically studies the function of signs is known as
1) Semantics
2) Scriptoria
3) Sismograhpy
4) Semiology
Answer: 4) Semiology
Given below are two statements, one is labelled as Assertion (A and the other is labelled as Reason (R).
Assertion (A): From a sociolinguistic point of view, mainstream SLA studies remain asocial-the social import of learning to interact through language remains hidden.
Reason (R): A sociolinguistic perspective focusses on the linguistic system as well as on a concern with specific items of pragmatic and discourse development and rejects the tendency of looking at language as a set of norms, at language diversity and ideologies.
In light of the above statements, choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below:
1) Both (A) and (R) are correct and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).
2) Both (A) and (R) are correct and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).
3) (A) is correct but (R) is not correct.
4) (A) is not correct but (R) is correct.
Answer: 3) (A) is correct but (R) is not correct.
Which of the following is NOT a kind of ‘sign’ as suggested by Charles sanders pierce?
[1] Icon [2] Index [3] Symbol [4] VisualAnswer: [4] Visual
According to Gerard Genette, which of the following are types of narrators?
[A] Extradiegetic [B] Heterodiegetic [C] Intradiegetic [D] Homodiegetic [E] IntradiegeticChoose the correct answer from the options given below:
[1] B and D only [2] A and B only [3] C and D only [4] A and E onlyAnswer: [1] B and D only & [2] A and B only & [3] C and D only
LIST I LIST II
A) Anthropology I. Edward Soja
B) Postmodern Geography II. Martin Heidegger
C) Diaspora Space III. Claude Lévi-Strauss
D) Dasein IV. Avtar Brah
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
1) (A)-(III), (B)-(II), (C)-(I), (D)-(IV)
2) (A)-(IV), (B)-(I), (C)-(II), (D)-(III)
3) (A)-(III), (B)-(I), (C)-(IV), (D)-(II)
4) (A)-(II), (B)-(III), (C)-(I), (D)-(IV)
Answer: 3) (A)-(III), (B)-(I), (C)-(IV), (D)-(II)
Arrange the works in chronological sequence:
A) Structuralist Poetics
B) Course in General Linguistics
C) The Pursuit of Signs
D) The Pleasure of the Text
E) The Implied Reader
Choose the correct answer from the options given below
1) A, C, D, E, B
2) B, D, E, A, C
3) C, D, A, B, E
4) D, E, A, C, B
Answer: 2) B, D, E, A, C
Saussure delivered his series of lectures on general linguistics, later published after his death as Course in General Linguistics, at the University of ___________
1) Frankfurt
2) Madrid
3) Geneva
4) Rome
Answer: 3) Geneva
