Applied Linguistics and Grammar - I

Paper Code: 
ENG 324-C
Credits: 
04
Periods/week: 
04
Max. Marks: 
100
Objective: 

The students will:

CO 96. Create a theoretical understanding of the components of language

CO 97. Acquire knowledge of linguistic theory and the core areas of language-analysis

CO 98. Recognise linguistic and grammatical structures of the English language

CO 99. Develop skills to edit, analyze and compose a cohesive and coherent document

CO 100. Formulate an understanding of, and comprehend social, psychological and cultural dimensions of language acquisition and development

 
12.00
Unit I: 

Language and Communication : Human and Non-human communication; Verbal and Non-verbal  communication

12.00
Unit II: 

Language Change and Variation : Language families; language change; language, mind and society

12.00
Unit III: 

Word Classes, Clause Elements and Types

12.00
Unit IV: 

Noun Phrase, Verb Phrase, Adjectival Phrases, Prepositional Phrases and Adverbial Phrases

12.00
Unit V: 

The Complex and Compound Sentence, The Verb and its Complementation

SUGGESTED READINGS: 

Aichison, Jean. Linguistics. Hodder and Stoughton, 1995.

Akmajian, Adrai, R.A. Demers, and R.M. Harnish .Linguistics : An Introduction to Language and Communication.2nd ed. Prentice Hall, 1991. 

Coulthard, Malcolm. An Introduction to Discourse Analysis. 2nd ed. Routledge, 1996. 

Harold, Parmer, F.G. Blandford, and Roger Kingdon. Grammar for English Words. 6th. ed. W. Heffer& Sons, 1970. 

Leech, Geoffery. English Grammar for Today: A New Introduction. Macmillan, 1990. 

Littlewood, William. Communicative Language Teaching. Cambridge University Press, 1981. 

Pinker, Steven. The Language Instinct. Penguin, 1994. 

Randolph,Quirk, and Sydney Greenbaum. A University Grammar of English. Orient Longman, 1973. 

Richards, Jack C. and Theodore Rodgers. Approaches and Methods in Language Teaching. 2nded.Cambridge University Press, 2001. 

 

e-resources:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8dT_MlElHo8 (Word Classes)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LJFdJNK1szU (Phrases)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cBbQ9zB11fA (Complex sentences)

 

Journals:

Applied Linguistics

Journal of Applied Linguistics and Language Research

 
Academic Year: 
2023-2024