Publisher's Synopsis
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)
