AFL2601
EXAM PACK.
, UNIVERSITY EXAMINATIONS
Take Home Exam
October/November 2021
AFL2601
Communication Dynamics in African Languages
100 Marks
Duration: 24 Hours
This paper consists of 36 pages.
Instructions:
PLEASE TAKE NOTE:
You are allowed to access your prescribed works and the study material. You are however not allowed to copy
verbatim from your study material. You should write the answers in your own words. In the case of any cheating
or plagiarism no mark will be allocated.
The exam can be downloaded on Saturday, 02 October 2021 - 08:00 and must be uploaded by Monday, 04
October 2021 - 08:00.
NO LATE EXAMS WILL BE ACCEPTED.
You can provide your answers in your own exam script, either in typed format or handwritten format. The
answered exam script must be uploaded as a PDF electronic document and NOT as a scanned image.
ANSWER ALL QUESTIONS (1–7)
Question 1 consists of twenty Multiple Choice Questions (in English only) that have to be answered in your exam
script. Please provide the numbers of the multiple-choice questions, and next to each number, give the correct option,
e.g.
1. A
2. B
etc.
Questions 2 to 7 consist of short and essay type questions. Please consider the marks which have been allocated per
question. They should give you a good indication of the amount of information needed.
IMPORTANT
Questions 2 – 9 in this paper are in English as well as isiZulu, isiXhosa, Sesotho sa Leboa, Setswana, Sesotho,
Siswati, isiNdebele, Tshivenḑa and Xitsonga. Please choose ONE language to answer the questions. Please
indicate at the top of your exam script which language you have chosen. When answering your questions you
should use the chosen language throughout. Codeswitching between languages will result in a penalty and loss of
well deserved marks.
The English paper starts on p. 2. Should you prefer to answer in an African Language of your choice, please find
the page numbers below:
IsiZulu : page 10
IsiXhosa : page 13
Sesotho sa Leboa : page 16
Setswana : page 19
Sesotho : page 22
SiSwati : page 25
IsiNdebele : page 28
Tshivenda : page 31
Xitsonga : page 34
Open Rubric
, CONFIDENTAL
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Oct/Nov 2021
BEFORE YOU START ANSWERING THE QUESTIONS BELOW, PLEASE INDICATE THE
LANGAUGE YOU HAVE CHOSEN TO ANSWER QUESTIONS 2 TO 7.
QUESTION 1: MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS
1. Guthrie’s classification of languages into zones was based on the following principles:
(a) psychological
(b) grammatical
(c) hypothetical
(d) areal
2. Which areas in South Africa tend to be more linguistically homogeneous?
(a) Cape Town
(b) Urban areas
(c) Johannesburg
(d) Rural areas.
3. When you are able to apply some of your knowledge of one language to a new language
this is called …
(a) linguistic improvisation.
(b) language transfer.
(c) automatic translation.
(d) information extraction.
4. Identify the option, which DOES NOT correctly depict what is generally understood by the
term ‘language’.
(a) It equals the linguistic behaviour peculiar to an individual.
(b) It is the generally acceptable medium of verbal communication.
(c) It is the standardized written and spoken language.
(d) It may equal the dialect, which was first reduced to writing.
, CONFIDENTAL
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Oct/Nov 2021
5. The African languages are experienced as difficult to learn by non-speakers of an African
language because of …
(a) economic pressures.
(b) structural differences between their languages and an African language.
(c) lack of prestige associated with knowing an African language.
(d) an inherent inability to acquire an additional language.
6. Greater flexibility in word order in the African languages as compared to English is made
possible through …
(a) subjects, verbs and objects.
(b) deletion of nouns.
(c) non-distinction of gender in the pronouns.
(d) agreement morphemes.
7. Greetings can be described as the exchange of…
(a) expressions between two or more people meeting socially.
(b) expressions between students for the purpose of preparing for an assignment.
(c) academic information between two people.
(d) information in business life.
8. A noun class which is non-productive is characterised by …
(a) new words which may be added to the class by means of its prefix.
(b) a limited number of nouns or only one noun.
(c) the invariant locative suffix (-ni or -ng).
(d) a prefix which displays variant forms.
9. The origin of the Bantu languages cannot be determined with any certainty because …
(a) there is no archaeological evidence of the existence of the original people.
(b) diachronic postulations were made without a synchronic study.
(c) there are no written records of the original language.
(d) Bantu languages lack the operation of regular sound shifts.
EXAM PACK.
, UNIVERSITY EXAMINATIONS
Take Home Exam
October/November 2021
AFL2601
Communication Dynamics in African Languages
100 Marks
Duration: 24 Hours
This paper consists of 36 pages.
Instructions:
PLEASE TAKE NOTE:
You are allowed to access your prescribed works and the study material. You are however not allowed to copy
verbatim from your study material. You should write the answers in your own words. In the case of any cheating
or plagiarism no mark will be allocated.
The exam can be downloaded on Saturday, 02 October 2021 - 08:00 and must be uploaded by Monday, 04
October 2021 - 08:00.
NO LATE EXAMS WILL BE ACCEPTED.
You can provide your answers in your own exam script, either in typed format or handwritten format. The
answered exam script must be uploaded as a PDF electronic document and NOT as a scanned image.
ANSWER ALL QUESTIONS (1–7)
Question 1 consists of twenty Multiple Choice Questions (in English only) that have to be answered in your exam
script. Please provide the numbers of the multiple-choice questions, and next to each number, give the correct option,
e.g.
1. A
2. B
etc.
Questions 2 to 7 consist of short and essay type questions. Please consider the marks which have been allocated per
question. They should give you a good indication of the amount of information needed.
IMPORTANT
Questions 2 – 9 in this paper are in English as well as isiZulu, isiXhosa, Sesotho sa Leboa, Setswana, Sesotho,
Siswati, isiNdebele, Tshivenḑa and Xitsonga. Please choose ONE language to answer the questions. Please
indicate at the top of your exam script which language you have chosen. When answering your questions you
should use the chosen language throughout. Codeswitching between languages will result in a penalty and loss of
well deserved marks.
The English paper starts on p. 2. Should you prefer to answer in an African Language of your choice, please find
the page numbers below:
IsiZulu : page 10
IsiXhosa : page 13
Sesotho sa Leboa : page 16
Setswana : page 19
Sesotho : page 22
SiSwati : page 25
IsiNdebele : page 28
Tshivenda : page 31
Xitsonga : page 34
Open Rubric
, CONFIDENTAL
Page 2 of 36 AFL2601
Oct/Nov 2021
BEFORE YOU START ANSWERING THE QUESTIONS BELOW, PLEASE INDICATE THE
LANGAUGE YOU HAVE CHOSEN TO ANSWER QUESTIONS 2 TO 7.
QUESTION 1: MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS
1. Guthrie’s classification of languages into zones was based on the following principles:
(a) psychological
(b) grammatical
(c) hypothetical
(d) areal
2. Which areas in South Africa tend to be more linguistically homogeneous?
(a) Cape Town
(b) Urban areas
(c) Johannesburg
(d) Rural areas.
3. When you are able to apply some of your knowledge of one language to a new language
this is called …
(a) linguistic improvisation.
(b) language transfer.
(c) automatic translation.
(d) information extraction.
4. Identify the option, which DOES NOT correctly depict what is generally understood by the
term ‘language’.
(a) It equals the linguistic behaviour peculiar to an individual.
(b) It is the generally acceptable medium of verbal communication.
(c) It is the standardized written and spoken language.
(d) It may equal the dialect, which was first reduced to writing.
, CONFIDENTAL
Page 3 of 36 AFL2601
Oct/Nov 2021
5. The African languages are experienced as difficult to learn by non-speakers of an African
language because of …
(a) economic pressures.
(b) structural differences between their languages and an African language.
(c) lack of prestige associated with knowing an African language.
(d) an inherent inability to acquire an additional language.
6. Greater flexibility in word order in the African languages as compared to English is made
possible through …
(a) subjects, verbs and objects.
(b) deletion of nouns.
(c) non-distinction of gender in the pronouns.
(d) agreement morphemes.
7. Greetings can be described as the exchange of…
(a) expressions between two or more people meeting socially.
(b) expressions between students for the purpose of preparing for an assignment.
(c) academic information between two people.
(d) information in business life.
8. A noun class which is non-productive is characterised by …
(a) new words which may be added to the class by means of its prefix.
(b) a limited number of nouns or only one noun.
(c) the invariant locative suffix (-ni or -ng).
(d) a prefix which displays variant forms.
9. The origin of the Bantu languages cannot be determined with any certainty because …
(a) there is no archaeological evidence of the existence of the original people.
(b) diachronic postulations were made without a synchronic study.
(c) there are no written records of the original language.
(d) Bantu languages lack the operation of regular sound shifts.
