List of practice Questions

Tok Pisin (Papua New Guinea) is an extended Pidgin/Creole language. Words borrowed from English are modified in various ways. Given the word list below, study the phonological modifications and choose the correct generalisation(s). 

Which of the following generalisation(s) is/are correct? 
 

Language games are a way to manipulate spoken words as the following examples from three languages show. Identify the correct statement(s) below about language games. 

The above figure shows what is called a finite state machine. The machine reads one word at a time and transitions to a new state. The states are indicated by boxes and the transitions by arrows. There are three states S0, S1 and S2 and the last is the final state (indicated by two coincident boxes). The text beside each arrow means the following: DT = determiner (a, an, the), AJ = adjective, NN = noun. The machine starts at S0 and on seeing a determiner (DT) enters the state S1. Then if it sees an adjective (AJ), it remains in the same state. But at state S1 if it sees a noun (NN), it enters the final state. The final state is also called the “accept” state. No other states or state transitions are defined or permitted. 
Which of the following will cause the machine to enter S2, the accept state? 

Match the dialogues in (P–S) to the Gricean Maxim (i–v) that has been flouted to create humour. 

Three different ways of writing a single word in the Mayan script are given below. The glyphs (i–iii) are of a single word [ba’lam] meaning ‘jaguar’. What can we conclude about the Mayan writing system from the examples provided? 

Match the following communication systems (P–T) to their type (i–vi) and select the correct sequence: 

The demand and forecast of an item for five months are given in the table. 

\[ \begin{array}{|c|c|c|} \hline \text{Month} & \text{Demand} & \text{Forecast} \\ \hline \text{April} & 225 & 200 \\ \text{May} & 220 & 240 \\ \text{June} & 285 & 300 \\ \text{July} & 290 & 270 \\ \text{August} & 250 & 230 \\ \hline \end{array} \] 

The Mean Absolute Percent Error (MAPE) in the forecast is \(\underline{\hspace{1cm}}\) % (round off to two decimal places).