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Dogri – Paper I

History of Dogri Language and Literature

(Answers must be written in Dogri)

Section- A

History of Dogri Language

1. Dogri language: Origin and development through different stages.

2. Linguistic boundaries of Dogri and its dialects.

3. Characteristic features of Dogri language

4. Structure of Dogri Language:

(a) Sound Structure:

Segmental: Vowels and Consonants

Non-segmental: Length, Stress, Nasalization, Tone and Juncture.

(b) Morphology of Dogri:

(i) Inflection Categories: Gender, Number, Case, Person, Tense and Voice.

(ii) Word Formation: use of prefixes, infixes and suffixes.

(iii) Vocabulary: tatsam, tadbhav, foreign and regional.

(c) Sentence Structure: Major Sentence- types and their constituents, agreement and concord in Dogri syntax.

5. Dogri Language and Scripts: Dogre/Dogra Akkhar, Devanagari and Persian.

Section B

History of Dogri literature

1. A brief account of Pre-independence Dogri Literature: Poetry & Prose.

2. Development of modern Dogri Poetry and main trends in Dogri Poetry.

3. Development of Dogri short story, main trends & prominent short-story writers.

4. Development of Dogri Novel, main trends & contribution of Dogri Novelists.

5. Development of Dogri Drama & contribution of prominent playwrights.

6. Development of Dogri Prose: - Essays, Memoirs & travelogues.

7. An introduction to Dogri Folk literature- Folk songs, Folk tales & Ballads.

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