Semester I — Core Linguistic Studies (ENG 1.3)
Sem I · Unit 1 · Linguistics
Introduction to Linguistics
Saussure, Bloomfield, Chomsky, Dell Hymes, Jakobson — nature, scope, and key concepts of modern linguistics
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Sem I · Unit 2 · Phonology
Phonology
Phone, phoneme, allophone, IPA, syllable structure, stress, rhythm, intonation — with phonemic transcription practice
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Sem I · Unit 3 · Morphology
Morphology
Morphemes, allomorphs, free vs. bound, inflectional vs. derivational, affixation, word formation, lexicography
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Sem I · Unit 4 · Syntax
Syntax
Sentence structure, parts of speech, phrases, clauses, coordination & subordination, phrase structure tree diagrams
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Semester II — Applied Linguistic Studies (ENG 2.3)
Sem II · Unit 1 · Sociolinguistics
Sociolinguistics
Language variation, dialect, register, code-switching, pidgins & creoles, bilingualism, language planning, India as multilingual society
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Sem II · Unit 2 · Semantics
Semantics
Sense & reference (Frege), Ogden & Richards triangle, Leech's 7 types of meaning, semantic relations, componential analysis
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Sem II · Unit 3 · Pragmatics
Pragmatics & Discourse Analysis
Austin's speech acts, Searle's typology, Grice's maxims, implicature, deixis, cohesion, coherence, discourse analysis
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Sem II · Unit 4 · Stylistics
Stylistics
Nature & scope, style vs. content, foregrounding, deviation, parallelism, levels of analysis, practical stylistic analysis
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