Applied Linguistics and Grammar - II

Paper Code: 
24ENG424(C)
Credits: 
04
Periods/week: 
04
Max. Marks: 
100
Objective: 

The Course will enable the students to recognise linguistic concerns that govern the use of language, identify the core components of linguistics and grammar and analyse the grammatical systems of English.

 

 

12.00
Unit I: 

Discourse Analysis and Pragmatics

 

12.00
Unit II: 

Co-ordination of Clauses and Phrases 

 

12.00
Unit III: 

Focus, Theme and Emphasis

 

12.00
Unit IV: 

Teaching Methods: Grammar and Translation Method, Situational and Bilingual Methods

 

12.00
Unit V: 

Communicative Language Teaching

 

SUGGESTED READINGS: 

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. Willy BlackwellPublisher, 1990.

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

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

 

Journals:

Applied Linguistics

Journal of Communication

Modern Language Journal       

 

E-resources:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QT0n21qCiLs Principles and Parameters in Natural Language by Prof.Rajesh Kumar,Department of Humanities and Social Sciences,IIT Madras.For more details on NPTEL http://nptel.ac.in

 

 

 

Academic Year: 
Course Outcomes: 

The students will:

CO127.  Evaluate the linguistic and grammatical structures of the English language

CO128. Examine analytical and interpretive arguments with regard to language

CO129. Develop required skills to edit, analyze and compose a cohesive and coherent document

CO130. Analyze and articulate the basic mechanisms and functions common to all languages

CO131.  Interpret the knowledge of phonetics and phonology for application in speech patterns

CO132.  Contribute effectively to course-specific interaction.