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.
Discourse Analysis and Pragmatics
Co-ordination of Clauses and Phrases
Focus, Theme and Emphasis
Teaching Methods: Grammar and Translation Method, Situational and Bilingual Methods
Communicative Language Teaching
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
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.