GCE ENGLISH LANGUAGE H470/02: DIMENSIONS OF LINGUISTIC VARIATION A LEVEL QUESTION PAPER & MARK SCHEME

List of Phonemic Symbols and Signs (RP) 1. Consonants of English /f/ — fat, rough /v/ — very, village, love /θ/ — theatre, thank, athlete /ð/ — this, them, with, either /s/ — sing, thinks, losses /z/ — zoo, beds, easy /∫/ — sugar, bush /ʒ/ — pleasure, beige /h/ — high, hit, behind /p/ — pit, top, spit /t/ — tip, pot, steep /k/ — keep, tick, scare /b/ — bad, rub /d/ — bad, dim /g/ — gun, big /t∫/ — church, lunch /dʒ/ — judge, gin, jury /m/ — mad, jam, small /n/ — man, no, snow /ŋ/ — singer, long /l/ — loud, kill, play /j/ — you, pure /w/ — one, when, sweet /r/ — rim, bread 2. Pure Vowels of English /iː/ — beat, keep /ɪ/ — bit, tip, busy /e/ — bet, many /æ/ — bat /Λ/ — cup, son, blood /ɑː/ — car, heart, calm, aunt /ɒ/ — pot, want /ɔː/ — port, saw, talk /ə/ — about /3ː/ — word, bird /ʊ/ — book, wood, put /uː/ — food, soup, rude 3. Diphthongs of English /eɪ/ — late, day, great /aɪ/ — time, high, die /ɔɪ/ — boy, noise /aʊ/ — cow, house, town /əʊ/ — boat, home, know /ɪə/ — ear, here /eə/ — air, care, chair /ʊə/ — jury, cure 3 © OCR 2023 H470/02 Jun23 Section A Child language acquisition You should spend about 40 minutes on this section. Read Text A in your Resource Booklet and answer the question. 1 Using the appropriate terminology to explain your findings, examine the language development stage of the child-participant as evidenced in the transcript. You should identify and analyse the phonology, grammar and meaning of his utterances. Use your knowledge of theories and concepts of child language acquisition to support your answer. [20] Section B Language in the media You should spend about 45 minutes on this section. Read Text B in your Resource Booklet and answer the question. 2 Using your understanding of relevant ideas and concepts, investigate how language features and contextual factors construct meanings in th