MEG-04 Aspects of Language

MEG-04 Aspects of Language

Block 1 - What is Language?

The Nature of Language

Looking at Data-I

Looking at Data-II

Language and Thought

Block 2 - History of English Language

An Introduction

Changes in Sounds and Spelling

Changes in Vocabulary

Changes in Grammar

Block 3 - (A) English Phonetics and Phonology-I

The Speech Mechanism

The Description and Classification of Consonants and Vowels

Phonetic Transcription and Phonology

The Consonants of English

Block 4 - (B) English Phonetics and Phonology-II

The Vowels of English (R.P)

Word Accent, Stress and Rhythm in Connected Speech

Intonation

Block 5 - English Morphology

The Study of Words

Word-Formation in English-I

Word-Formation in English-II

Word-Formation in English-III

Block 6 - English Syntax

Basic Notions of Syntactic Constituents and Phrase Structure 5

Types of Clauses and Sentences

Grammatical Punctions, Cases, and Thematic Roles

The Syntax of Inflectional Elements: Tense & Agreement

Pronouns, Reflexives, and Other Bound Elements

Syntax of Scope: Adverbs, Quantifiers, and Negation

Block 7 - Language in Use-I

Introduction to Sociolinguistics

Speech Community and Multilingualism

Bilingualism

Language Standardization

Block 8 - Language in Use-II

Multilingual Use of Codes

Language Planning

Conversational Analysis

Learner Factors in Second Language Acquisition-I

Learner Factors in Second Language Acquisition-II

Block 9 - The Spread of English

Variation and Varieties

Consolidation and Standardization of English

The Spread and Rise of Englishes

Indian English

Block 10 - Stylistics

Language Variation-The context of Situation

The Connection Between Linguistics, Literary Criticism and Stylistics

Style and Content

Analysing Texts-I

Analysing Texts-II

Analysing Texts-III

Total-16, Solved-9, Unsolved-7

June (2012-2019)

December (2011-2018)