Phonetics and Language

Paper Code: 
ENG 221
Credits: 
4
Periods/week: 
4
Max. Marks: 
100
Objective: 
  • To enable the students to achieve a scientific sense through linguistics in order to complement the aesthetic sense from their study of literature

•         To develop the ability to comprehend and analyze a literary text

•         To familiarize the students with writing skills and Research Methodologies while writing a dissertation

 

11.00
Unit I: 
Unit I

Aspects of Pronunciation: Phonemic Symbols and Transcription of Words: Word Stress and Intonation , Word formation in English

 

13.00
Unit II: 
Unit II

Advanced Comprehension

12.00
Unit III: 
Unit III

Theme Writing

Report Writing (Academic and Journalistic)

11.00
Unit IV: 
Unit IV

Literary Appreciation (Poetry)

13.00
Unit V: 
Unit V

Research Methodology: use of quoted material, plagiarism, preparing the list of Works Cited (from MLA 7th Ed)

Source Books: 
  • Word Formation in English by Valerie Adams
  • MLA Handbook…, 7th Ed., 2009

 

SUGGESTED READINGS: 

·  Praveen K. Thakkar : Appreciating English Poetry (Orient Longman) 1999.

  • Phonetics by Joseph Desmond O’Connor, Penguin (U.K.), 1991 (Reprint).
  • An Outline of General Phonetics by R.K. Bansal, Delhi : OUP, 1971.
  • A Textbook of English Phonetics for Indian Students by T. Balasubramanian, Macmillan Publishers India Ltd., 1981.

·       The Anatomy of Poetry by Marjorie Boulton.

              L.G. Alexander: Poetry and Prose Appreciation for Overseas Students (O. Longman, London, 1975)

Academic Year: 
2014-2015