Course Code: 803 Marks: 100 Core Text: Sociolinguistics: An Introduction by Peter Trudgill (New York: Penguin Books, 1974) The Articulate Mammal by Jean Aitcheson3rd Ed (London: Unwin Hayman, 1976) MID TERM (Marks: 30) 1. What is language? 2. Dialects, Sociolect, Idiolect 3. Standard Language 4. RP 5. Kinship System 6. Taboos 7. Langue Varieties 8. Social Stratification 9. Social Class 10. Langue and Gender 11. Restricted and Elaborated Codes 12. Linguistic Purity 13. Ethnicity 14. Pidgins and Creoles 15. Extinct and Endangered Languages
16. Introduction to Psycholinguistics
What is language and mind connection The history and methods of psycholinguistics Models in Psycholinguistics Where did language come from? Do Animals have language? 17. The Foundations of Language The biological basis of language The cognitive basis of language The social basis of language Relation between language and thought 18. Language Development Introduction The language acquisition device How children develop language Phonological development Lexical and Semantic development Syntactic development 19. Language Recognition Recognizing visual words What makes word recognition easier (or harder) Models of visual word recognition Reading & Recognition The writing system A model of reading The processes of normal reading Recognizing speech Models of speech recognition 20. Language Comprehension Comprehension: Intro Memory for text and inferences Reference and ambiguity Models of text processing Individual differences in comprehension skills 21. Language Production Introduction Slips of tongue Syntactic planning Lexicalization Phonological encoding 22. Language and Brain Language parts in Brain Language Disorders 23. Neuroscience & Language Neuroscience of language learning: Critical period Neuroscience of language recognition/ comprehension Neuroscience of language/ text processing Neuroscience of speech production
Assignment/ Presentation (Marks: 20)
Recommended Readings: a. Fromkin, V.Rodman, R. Hyams,N.(2003) An Introduction to Language. USA: Thompson. b. The Linguistic Encyclopedia