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The basic theoretical unit of distinctive sound in the description of speech.
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A. phoneme
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The linguistic term for the study of the ways in which words combine into such units as phrase, clause, and sentence.
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B. syntax
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A seminal linguistic work of twentieth century by Ferdinand de Saussure published posthumously in 1916.
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C. Course in General Linguistics
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In T.G. Grammar an abstract underlying structure that incorporates all the syntactic information required for the interpretation of a given sentence.
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A. deep structure
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A variety of a language used for a particular purpose or in a particular social setting.
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D. register
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Why did the poet in the poem "Casurina Tree" look upon the casurina tree with love and longing?
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D. None of the above
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In the poem "Introduction" by Kamala Das, the speaker ……………
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-Question Cancelled
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What was the speaker as a nascent poet translating in Walt Whitman's poem "Out of the Cradle Endlessly Rocking"?
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D. The song of the bird
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Who does the speaker in Sylvia Plath's "Daddy" imagine her father to be?
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B. A Nazi
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According to B R Ambedkar the caste system …………….
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D. Does not promote an egalitarian society
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Salman Rushdie's Midnight's Children won the Booker Prize in …………….
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C. 1981
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The protagonist of Eugene O'Neill's Emperor Jones is …………
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B. A usurper of power in a Caribbean island
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Ralph Ellison, author of "Invisible Man" was associated with …………..
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A. The Harlem Renaissance
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Lalithambika Antharjanam was a contemporary of ………….
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A. Vaikom Muhammad Basheer
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The following is the protagonist of Toni Morrison's Bluest Eye:
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B. Pecola
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Who is the author of 'The Gold Standard and the Logic of Naturalism'?
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B. Walter Benn Michaels
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The 'New Historicists' attempt to situate and interpret 'Texts' in relation to:
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C. The cultural system in which they were produced
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Which of the following is a prominent feature of 'New Feminisms'?
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A. Its ideologies predominantly 'Gynocentric'
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Who founded the Birmingham Centre for Contemporary Cultural Studies (CCCS)?
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D. Richard Hoggart
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What does 'Diaspora' (in the Biblical context) denote?
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C. Mass exodus of the Jews
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Who among the following is a 'Queer' critic?
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C. Carol Vance
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What is the most prominent feature of post-colonial literature?
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A. A pre-occupation with the colonial experience from a Non-European point of view
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Which of the following is NOT a feature of the literature of the 'Diaspora'?
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D. Pre occupation with the superior European life
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What is the UK equivalent of the term 'Eco-criticism'?
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C. Green studies
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What is denoted by the term 'Hyper-reality' in post-modernism?
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A. Inability of consciousness to differentiate between reality and its simulation
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