Please keep at least one language enabled. || కనీసం ఒక భాషను ఎంచుకోండి.
Question 1
ప్రశ్న 1
Which linguist is most closely associated with systemic functional linguistics?
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Explanation:
• M.A.K. Halliday developed systemic functional linguistics as a theory of language in social context.
• The approach treats language as a resource for making meaning rather than merely as a formal rule system.
• Bloomfield is associated with American structuralism, Chomsky with generative grammar and Saussure with structural linguistics.
• Halliday's work is also closely connected with the view of language as a social semiotic.
• The approach treats language as a resource for making meaning rather than merely as a formal rule system.
• Bloomfield is associated with American structuralism, Chomsky with generative grammar and Saussure with structural linguistics.
• Halliday's work is also closely connected with the view of language as a social semiotic.
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Question 2
ప్రశ్న 2
In the term systemic functional linguistics, systemic primarily refers to:
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Explanation:
• Systemic refers to the organized networks of choices available within the language system.
• Speakers select among grammatical and lexical alternatives according to meaning and context.
• These choices are represented as systems rather than as isolated rules.
• The term does not refer primarily to language history, speech anatomy or memorized sentences.
• Speakers select among grammatical and lexical alternatives according to meaning and context.
• These choices are represented as systems rather than as isolated rules.
• The term does not refer primarily to language history, speech anatomy or memorized sentences.
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Question 3
ప్రశ్న 3
Why is Halliday's approach described as functional?
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Explanation:
• The approach is functional because it relates linguistic organization to what language does in social life.
• Grammatical choices are interpreted in terms of the meanings and communicative purposes they realize.
• Functional analysis does not exclude grammar; it explains grammar as a meaning-making resource.
• Context is central rather than irrelevant to Halliday's model.
• Grammatical choices are interpreted in terms of the meanings and communicative purposes they realize.
• Functional analysis does not exclude grammar; it explains grammar as a meaning-making resource.
• Context is central rather than irrelevant to Halliday's model.
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Question 4
ప్రశ్న 4
Which metafunction represents experience, events and logical relations?
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Explanation:
• The ideational metafunction represents experience and organizes relations among events, participants and circumstances.
• It includes experiential meaning and the logical relations connecting ideas.
• The interpersonal metafunction enacts social relations and attitudes.
• The textual metafunction organizes meanings into coherent messages.
• It includes experiential meaning and the logical relations connecting ideas.
• The interpersonal metafunction enacts social relations and attitudes.
• The textual metafunction organizes meanings into coherent messages.
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Question 5
ప్రశ్న 5
The interpersonal metafunction is chiefly concerned with:
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Explanation:
• The interpersonal metafunction enables speakers to enact relationships, express attitudes and negotiate roles.
• Mood, modality, evaluation and forms of address contribute to interpersonal meaning.
• Physical experience is represented mainly through the ideational metafunction.
• Sound organization and historical change belong to other areas of linguistics.
• Mood, modality, evaluation and forms of address contribute to interpersonal meaning.
• Physical experience is represented mainly through the ideational metafunction.
• Sound organization and historical change belong to other areas of linguistics.
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Question 6
ప్రశ్న 6
Which metafunction enables a clause to function as an organized and contextually relevant message?
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Explanation:
• The textual metafunction organizes ideational and interpersonal meanings into a coherent message.
• It includes resources such as theme, information structure and cohesion.
• It helps connect a clause with its surrounding linguistic and situational context.
• The metafunction therefore concerns the creation of text rather than experience alone.
• It includes resources such as theme, information structure and cohesion.
• It helps connect a clause with its surrounding linguistic and situational context.
• The metafunction therefore concerns the creation of text rather than experience alone.
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Question 7
ప్రశ్న 7
In a clause, Theme is most accurately described as:
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Explanation:
• Theme is the element selected as the point of departure of the message.
• It establishes what the clause is oriented toward in its textual organization.
• Theme often overlaps with given information, but the two categories are not identical.
• The remainder of the clause is called the Rheme.
• It establishes what the clause is oriented toward in its textual organization.
• Theme often overlaps with given information, but the two categories are not identical.
• The remainder of the clause is called the Rheme.
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Question 8
ప్రశ్న 8
What is the Rheme in thematic structure?
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Explanation:
• The Rheme is the part of the clause in which the Theme is developed.
• It consists of the remainder of the message after the thematic point of departure.
• The Rheme often carries information presented as new, though Rheme and new information are not always identical.
• It is not necessarily the grammatical subject or a modal expression.
• It consists of the remainder of the message after the thematic point of departure.
• The Rheme often carries information presented as new, though Rheme and new information are not always identical.
• It is not necessarily the grammatical subject or a modal expression.
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Question 9
ప్రశ్న 9
In the clause Yesterday, the committee approved the proposal, Yesterday functions as:
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Explanation:
• Yesterday is a circumstantial element placed at the beginning of the clause.
• Because it is not the usual subject Theme of a declarative clause, it functions as a marked Theme.
• The committee is the grammatical subject but follows the initial thematic circumstance.
• The choice foregrounds the temporal setting of the message.
• Because it is not the usual subject Theme of a declarative clause, it functions as a marked Theme.
• The committee is the grammatical subject but follows the initial thematic circumstance.
• The choice foregrounds the temporal setting of the message.
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Question 10
ప్రశ్న 10
Which grammatical system is most closely associated with interpersonal meaning in systemic functional linguistics?
Select an option first. || ముందుగా ఒక సమాధానాన్ని ఎంచుకోండి.
Explanation:
• The Mood system helps enact exchanges such as statements, questions, commands and offers.
• It is therefore centrally associated with interpersonal meaning.
• Transitivity represents experiential meaning, while Theme contributes to textual organization.
• Hyponymy is a lexical-semantic relation rather than a primary interpersonal system.
• It is therefore centrally associated with interpersonal meaning.
• Transitivity represents experiential meaning, while Theme contributes to textual organization.
• Hyponymy is a lexical-semantic relation rather than a primary interpersonal system.
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Question 11
ప్రశ్న 11
In Hallidayan analysis, the transitivity system is primarily used to represent:
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Explanation:
• Transitivity represents experience through configurations of processes, participants and circumstances.
• Process types include material, mental, relational, verbal, behavioural and existential processes.
• The system belongs mainly to the experiential component of ideational meaning.
• It is not limited to the traditional distinction between transitive and intransitive verbs.
• Process types include material, mental, relational, verbal, behavioural and existential processes.
• The system belongs mainly to the experiential component of ideational meaning.
• It is not limited to the traditional distinction between transitive and intransitive verbs.
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Question 12
ప్రశ్న 12
Consider the following statements. Statement I: The ideational metafunction represents experience. Statement II: The interpersonal metafunction helps enact social relationships. Which option is correct?
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Explanation:
• Statement I is correct because ideational meaning construes experience and logical relations.
• Statement II is correct because interpersonal meaning negotiates roles, attitudes and social relations.
• The two metafunctions operate simultaneously in actual language use.
• Therefore, both statements are correct.
• Statement II is correct because interpersonal meaning negotiates roles, attitudes and social relations.
• The two metafunctions operate simultaneously in actual language use.
• Therefore, both statements are correct.
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Question 13
ప్రశ్న 13
Which of the following statements about Theme and Rheme are correct? 1. Theme is the point of departure of a message. 2. Rheme develops the message after the Theme. 3. Theme is always identical with old information. 4. A circumstantial element may function as a marked Theme.
Select an option first. || ముందుగా ఒక సమాధానాన్ని ఎంచుకోండి.
Explanation:
• Statement 1 is correct because Theme establishes the clause's point of departure.
• Statement 2 is correct because Rheme contains the development of the message.
• Statement 3 is incorrect because Theme and given information often overlap but are analytically distinct.
• Statement 4 is correct because an initial circumstance can function as a marked Theme.
• Therefore, statements 1, 2 and 4 are correct.
• Statement 2 is correct because Rheme contains the development of the message.
• Statement 3 is incorrect because Theme and given information often overlap but are analytically distinct.
• Statement 4 is correct because an initial circumstance can function as a marked Theme.
• Therefore, statements 1, 2 and 4 are correct.
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Question 14
ప్రశ్న 14
Assertion: Systemic functional linguistics gives a central role to context. Reason: Linguistic choices are interpreted in relation to the social situations and functions in which they occur.
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Explanation:
• The Assertion is correct because systemic functional linguistics analyzes language as social meaning-making.
• The Reason is correct because choices in wording and grammar are related to context, purpose and social relations.
• This functional relation explains why context occupies a central position in the theory.
• Therefore, both are correct, and the Reason correctly explains the Assertion.
• The Reason is correct because choices in wording and grammar are related to context, purpose and social relations.
• This functional relation explains why context occupies a central position in the theory.
• Therefore, both are correct, and the Reason correctly explains the Assertion.
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Question 15
ప్రశ్న 15
Match List I with List II. List I: 1. Ideational metafunction 2. Interpersonal metafunction 3. Textual metafunction 4. Theme. List II: a. Point of departure of a message b. Organization of a coherent message c. Representation of experience d. Enactment of social relations.
Select an option first. || ముందుగా ఒక సమాధానాన్ని ఎంచుకోండి.
Explanation:
• Ideational metafunction matches c because it represents experience.
• Interpersonal metafunction matches d because it enacts social relations and attitudes.
• Textual metafunction matches b because it organizes meanings into a coherent message.
• Theme matches a because it is the selected point of departure.
• Therefore, the correct code is 1-c, 2-d, 3-b, 4-a.
• Interpersonal metafunction matches d because it enacts social relations and attitudes.
• Textual metafunction matches b because it organizes meanings into a coherent message.
• Theme matches a because it is the selected point of departure.
• Therefore, the correct code is 1-c, 2-d, 3-b, 4-a.
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Question 16
ప్రశ్న 16
Who introduced the influential concept of communicative competence?
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Explanation:
• Dell Hymes introduced communicative competence to broaden the study of linguistic ability.
• He argued that knowing a language includes knowing how to use it appropriately in social contexts.
• The concept challenged accounts restricted to idealized grammatical competence.
• Halliday developed systemic functional linguistics, while Bloomfield and Firth are associated with other linguistic traditions.
• He argued that knowing a language includes knowing how to use it appropriately in social contexts.
• The concept challenged accounts restricted to idealized grammatical competence.
• Halliday developed systemic functional linguistics, while Bloomfield and Firth are associated with other linguistic traditions.
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Question 17
ప్రశ్న 17
Communicative competence includes knowledge of:
Select an option first. || ముందుగా ఒక సమాధానాన్ని ఎంచుకోండి.
Explanation:
• Communicative competence includes the ability to form grammatical utterances and use them appropriately.
• Speakers must understand participants, setting, purpose, norms and genre expectations.
• Hymes emphasized that formal possibility alone does not ensure effective communication.
• The concept therefore integrates linguistic knowledge with sociocultural competence.
• Speakers must understand participants, setting, purpose, norms and genre expectations.
• Hymes emphasized that formal possibility alone does not ensure effective communication.
• The concept therefore integrates linguistic knowledge with sociocultural competence.
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Question 18
ప్రశ్న 18
Which question most directly reflects Hymes's concern with appropriateness?
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Explanation:
• Appropriateness concerns whether an utterance suits its participants, setting, purpose and cultural norms.
• An expression may be grammatically possible but socially unsuitable in a particular context.
• Communicative competence therefore extends beyond formal grammaticality.
• Word count and historical origin do not determine contextual appropriateness.
• An expression may be grammatically possible but socially unsuitable in a particular context.
• Communicative competence therefore extends beyond formal grammaticality.
• Word count and historical origin do not determine contextual appropriateness.
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Question 19
ప్రశ్న 19
Which term refers to the configuration of field, tenor and mode in systemic functional linguistics?
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Explanation:
• Register is the functional variety associated with a particular configuration of field, tenor and mode.
• These contextual variables influence characteristic choices in vocabulary and grammar.
• Register varies according to what is happening, who is involved and how language functions in the interaction.
• It is distinct from idiolect and Universal Grammar.
• These contextual variables influence characteristic choices in vocabulary and grammar.
• Register varies according to what is happening, who is involved and how language functions in the interaction.
• It is distinct from idiolect and Universal Grammar.
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Question 20
ప్రశ్న 20
In register analysis, field refers to:
Select an option first. || ముందుగా ఒక సమాధానాన్ని ఎంచుకోండి.
Explanation:
• Field concerns what is happening in the situation and the nature of the social activity.
• It includes subject matter, processes and institutional purpose.
• Tenor concerns participant relations, while mode concerns the role and channel of language.
• Field strongly influences experiential vocabulary and transitivity choices.
• It includes subject matter, processes and institutional purpose.
• Tenor concerns participant relations, while mode concerns the role and channel of language.
• Field strongly influences experiential vocabulary and transitivity choices.
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Question 21
ప్రశ్న 21
In the register variables, tenor refers primarily to:
Select an option first. || ముందుగా ఒక సమాధానాన్ని ఎంచుకోండి.
Explanation:
• Tenor concerns the relationships among participants in an interaction.
• It includes dimensions such as status, power, solidarity, familiarity and social distance.
• Tenor influences politeness, modality, forms of address and interpersonal choices.
• Field concerns activity, while mode concerns the role and medium of language.
• It includes dimensions such as status, power, solidarity, familiarity and social distance.
• Tenor influences politeness, modality, forms of address and interpersonal choices.
• Field concerns activity, while mode concerns the role and medium of language.
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Question 22
ప్రశ్న 22
In systemic functional descriptions of register, mode concerns:
Select an option first. || ముందుగా ఒక సమాధానాన్ని ఎంచుకోండి.
Explanation:
• Mode concerns how language functions in the situation and the channel used for communication.
• It includes distinctions such as spoken and written interaction and the degree of planning or interactivity.
• Field concerns what is happening, while tenor concerns participant relationships.
• Mode influences textual organization and patterns of cohesion.
• It includes distinctions such as spoken and written interaction and the degree of planning or interactivity.
• Field concerns what is happening, while tenor concerns participant relationships.
• Mode influences textual organization and patterns of cohesion.
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Question 23
ప్రశ్న 23
Which of the following statements about register are correct? 1. Field concerns the activity or subject matter. 2. Tenor concerns participant relationships. 3. Mode concerns the role and channel of language. 4. Register is determined solely by regional pronunciation.
Select an option first. || ముందుగా ఒక సమాధానాన్ని ఎంచుకోండి.
Explanation:
• Statement 1 is correct because field concerns the ongoing social activity and subject matter.
• Statement 2 is correct because tenor concerns social roles and relationships.
• Statement 3 is correct because mode concerns the communicative channel and role of language.
• Statement 4 is incorrect because regional pronunciation is associated more closely with accent and dialect.
• Therefore, statements 1, 2 and 3 are correct.
• Statement 2 is correct because tenor concerns social roles and relationships.
• Statement 3 is correct because mode concerns the communicative channel and role of language.
• Statement 4 is incorrect because regional pronunciation is associated more closely with accent and dialect.
• Therefore, statements 1, 2 and 3 are correct.
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Question 24
ప్రశ్న 24
A doctor explains a diagnosis to a patient using less technical vocabulary than in a research paper. Which explanation is most accurate?
Select an option first. || ముందుగా ఒక సమాధానాన్ని ఎంచుకోండి.
Explanation:
• The doctor adapts language to the participant relationship and the communicative goal.
• The patient consultation and research paper differ in tenor, mode and purpose.
• Functional competence involves selecting forms appropriate to each context.
• The variation is therefore register-based rather than evidence of deficient grammar.
• The patient consultation and research paper differ in tenor, mode and purpose.
• Functional competence involves selecting forms appropriate to each context.
• The variation is therefore register-based rather than evidence of deficient grammar.
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Question 25
ప్రశ్న 25
Which option provides the most accurate integrated account of functional linguistics and communicative competence?
Select an option first. || ముందుగా ఒక సమాధానాన్ని ఎంచుకోండి.
Explanation:
• Functional linguistics explains grammatical and lexical choices through the meanings and purposes they realize.
• Halliday's model connects language with metafunctions and contextual variables such as field, tenor and mode.
• Hymes's communicative competence includes both linguistic knowledge and socially appropriate use.
• Together, these approaches treat language as a socially situated resource for communication.
• Halliday's model connects language with metafunctions and contextual variables such as field, tenor and mode.
• Hymes's communicative competence includes both linguistic knowledge and socially appropriate use.
• Together, these approaches treat language as a socially situated resource for communication.
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Answer Key సమాధానాల పట్టిక
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Question 1 ప్రశ్న 1Answer: A. M.A.K. Halliday సమాధానం: A.
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Question 2 ప్రశ్న 2Answer: C. Networks of choices available to language users సమాధానం: C.
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Question 3 ప్రశ్న 3Answer: B. It explains linguistic forms in relation to the meanings and social purposes they serve సమాధానం: B.
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Question 4 ప్రశ్న 4Answer: D. Ideational metafunction సమాధానం: D.
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Question 5 ప్రశ్న 5Answer: C. Enacting social relationships, attitudes and roles సమాధానం: C.
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Question 6 ప్రశ్న 6Answer: D. Textual metafunction సమాధానం: D.
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Question 7 ప్రశ్న 7Answer: D. The point of departure chosen for the message సమాధానం: D.
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Question 8 ప్రశ్న 8Answer: C. The remainder of the message after the Theme సమాధానం: C.
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Question 9 ప్రశ్న 9Answer: D. A marked circumstantial Theme సమాధానం: D.
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Question 10 ప్రశ్న 10Answer: B. Mood సమాధానం: B.
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Question 11 ప్రశ్న 11Answer: C. Processes, participants and circumstances సమాధానం: C.
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Question 12 ప్రశ్న 12Answer: A. Both Statement I and Statement II are correct సమాధానం: A.
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Question 13 ప్రశ్న 13Answer: A. 1, 2 and 4 only సమాధానం: A.
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Question 14 ప్రశ్న 14Answer: A. Both Assertion and Reason are correct, and Reason is the correct explanation of Assertion సమాధానం: A.
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Question 15 ప్రశ్న 15Answer: B. 1-c, 2-d, 3-b, 4-a సమాధానం: B.
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Question 16 ప్రశ్న 16Answer: A. Dell Hymes సమాధానం: A.
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Question 17 ప్రశ్న 17Answer: D. Both linguistic forms and their appropriate use in social contexts సమాధానం: D.
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Question 18 ప్రశ్న 18Answer: C. Is the utterance suitable for the participants and social situation? సమాధానం: C.
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Question 19 ప్రశ్న 19Answer: A. Register సమాధానం: A.
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Question 20 ప్రశ్న 20Answer: D. The activity, subject matter and social action taking place సమాధానం: D.
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Question 21 ప్రశ్న 21Answer: B. The social roles and relationships among participants సమాధానం: B.
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Question 22 ప్రశ్న 22Answer: C. The role of language and the channel through which communication occurs సమాధానం: C.
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Question 23 ప్రశ్న 23Answer: B. 1, 2 and 3 only సమాధానం: B.
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Question 24 ప్రశ్న 24Answer: B. The change reflects register choices shaped by tenor, mode and communicative purpose సమాధానం: B.
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Question 25 ప్రశ్న 25Answer: A. Language is a meaning-making resource whose forms are selected according to function, context and social appropriateness సమాధానం: A.