Department of Linguistics
PG Diploma in English Language and Linguistics
New syllabus
2008 onwards
PAPER I – INTRODUCTION TO LINGUISTICS
Unit 1: PHONETICS AND PHONOLOGY : Air stream mechanisms, places and
manners of articulation, Vowels and Consonants, Supra-segmental features. Concept
of Distinctive features, Concept of Phoneme, Principles of Phonemic Analysis,
Phonological processes.
Unit 2: MORPHOLOGY AND SYNTAX : Morph, Allomorph, Morpheme and word.
Morpheme as a meaningful unit and as a grammatical unit. Types of morphs, Sandhi,
Word formation processes; Inflection, Derivation, Compound formation,
Reduplication etc., Grammatical Categories and Parts of Speech.
Sentence structure – nature of linguistic knowledge; Competence and Performance.
Syntactic Categories – Lexical and Phrasal. Phrase markers and tree diagrams.
Generative Grammar and adequacies of grammar.
Unit 3: SEMANTICS AND PRAGMATICS : Meaning, Sense and reference. Lexical
Semantics – fields and collocations. Sense Relations. Componential analysis.
Semantics vs. Pragmatics. Deixis, Discourse and Conversation. Cooperative Principle,
Speech Act Theory.
Unit 4: LANGUAGE VARIATION: Social and Geographical variation, Language in
relation to social variables like caste, class, status, education, sex, etc., Styles and
Registers. Diglossia and Bilingualism. Code-switching and Code-mixing.
Language and Culture; Ethnomethodology and Ethnography of Speaking.
Unit 5: LANGUAGE TYPOLOGY: Introduction to Typology and universals. Types
of Universals. Constituent order Typology. Basic word order. Languages as
Morphological types, Index of Synthesis and Index of Fusion.
References :
1. Bauer, Laurie 1998 Introducing Linguistic Morphology
Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press
2. Downes, William 1984 Language and Society, London : Fontana
3. Finch, Geoffrey 1998 How to Study Linguistics, London : Macmillan
4. Fromkin, Victoria 1983 An Introduction to Language
& Robert Rodman New York : Holt, Rinehart & Winston
5. Hockett, C.F 1958 A Course in Modern Linguistics
New York : Macmillan
6. Hyman, Larry 1975 Phonology-Theory and Practice
New York: Holt, Rinehart & Winston
7. Katamba,F. 1993 Morphology
London : Macmillan
8. Palmer, F.R. 1996 Semantics
Cambridge: CUP
9. Radford, A. 1988 Transformational Grammar : A First Course
Cambridge : CUP
10. Wardhaugh, Ronald 1986 An Introduction to Sociolinguistics
Oxford : Basil Blackwell
11. Whaley, Lindsay 1997 Introduction to Typology
New Delhi : Sage Publications
PAPER II: STRUCTURE AND USE OF ENGLISH
Unit 1: ENGLISH PHONETICS : Vowels and Consonants, Syllable, Strong and Weak
forms and Contractions, Aspiration and Stress. Word accent, Connected speech –
Intonation and its functions.
Unit 2: WORD CLASSES IN ENGLISH : Nouns, Verbs, Pronouns, Adjectives, Adverbs
and Prepositions. Word formation processes – Inflection, Derivation, Compounding, and
Conversion. Inflectional categories - plural, tense, aspect, mood, voice. Auxiliary and
Modal Verbs. Use of Vocabulary: Synonyms,antonyms,homonyms, homophones, one
word substitutes.
Unit 3: BASIC SENTENCE STRUCTURE : Phrases and Clauses. Subjects and
Predicates. Coordination and Embedding. Formation of questions, negatives, passives,
relatives, infinitive constructions and gerund constructions.
Unit 4: VARIETIES OF ENGLISH : British, American and Indian varieties. Styles and
Registers. Formal and Informal styles. Literary Vs. Ordinary styles. Frozen and Casual
Styles.
Unit 5: SPOKEN ENGLISH AND WRITTEN ENGLISH : Features of Spoken English
and Mechanics of written English; Effective speaking and writing; Idioms, Phrasal verbs
and Collocations; Use of Plain English.
References:
1. Bauer, Laurie 1983 English Word-formation
Cambridge : CUP
2. Gimson, A.C. 1980 An Introduction to the Pronunciation of English,
London : Edward Arnold
3. Leech, Geoffrey & 1973 A Communicative Grammar of English
Jan Svartvik Essex : Longman
4. Leggett, Glenn et al 1981 Essentials of Grammar and composition
New Delhi : Prentice-Hall of India.
5. Roach, Peter 1997 English Phonetics and Phonology
Cambridge : CUP
6. Wardhaugh, Ronald 2003 Understanding English Grammar
Oxford : Blackwell
7. Green, David 1971 Contemporary English Grammar, Structures and
Composition
Macmillan
8. Prof. Ramappa, K. Essential English Grammar, Usage and Composition
Agra : M I Publications
Paper III- English in Context and in Communication
Unit 1: Aspects of Communication: Inter-personal and mass communication; Spoken
communication and Written communication; Formal settings and Informal settings;
Contextual variation of language; Communicative competence; Dell Hyme’s SPEAKING
model
Unit 2: English in Spoken communication: Spoken English – its characteristics;
Pronunciation, stress, and intonation; vocabulary and structure; asking questions,
seeking directions, making suggestions, complaining, apologizing, saying thanks, agreeing
and disagreeing etc; telephonic talk; interview, public speaking, group discussion; Body
language and paralanguage – voice, tone, gestures, postures, gaze, eye contact etc;
Unit 3: English in Written communication: Formal settings and informal settings;
Mechanics of written English; letter writing – various formats, personal, official,
business, note-making and note-taking, précis writing, e-mails.
Unit 4: English in Media: Print media and Electronic media; Newspaper language –
style, structure, syntax, and vocabulary; language of headlines, news stories, Editorials,
Sports reporting; writing reviews and reports, news reading, pronunciation, intonation,
Unit 5: English in Creative communication: Language of Advertisements, Copy writing,
creativity, Types of advertisements, Language of Literature - Poetic language and poetic
license; Creativity and Deviation; Figurative language
References:
Alexander, L.G. 1966 Sixty steps to Precis: A new approach to
summary-writing for Overseas students.
Delhi: Orient Longman
Freeman, S. 1977 Written Communication in English
Delhi: Orient Longman
In-house publication 2003 Enriching your competence in English
Delhi: Orient Longman
----do------ 2005 Learning English: A Communicative approach
Delhi: Orient Longman
-----do----- 2007 Written and Spoken Communication in English
Delhi: Orient Longman
Krishna Mohan & 1990 Developing Communication Skills
Meera Banerji Delhi: Macmillan
Leech, G.N. 1969 A Linguistic guide to English Poetry
New York: Longman
Thorne, Sara 1997 Mastering Advanced English Language
New York: Palgrave
