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5th June 2015, 02:28 PM
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Calcutta University Linguistics Syllabus
Hello sir I am pawan from culcutta and doing linguistics from Calcutta university and I want the syllabus of linguistics 1st sem so can you provide me the syllabus ?
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5th June 2015, 02:52 PM
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Re: Calcutta University Linguistics Syllabus
Hey pawan as you said you want the syllabus of linguistics 1st sem of Calcutta university as per your request here I am providing you the syllabus of linguistics 1st of culcutta university Historical Linguistics I Borrowing- Lexical and Structural; Motivations of borrowing; Types of borrowing- cultural, intimate, dialect; Direction of borrowing; Classification of loan words- calque, loan blend, loan translation, tatsama, tadbhava etc; Impact of borrowing – Pidgin, Creole. Semantics – basic concept and types of semantic change. Analogy – basic concept and types of analogical change; Interplay of sound change and analogy; Introducing Neogrammarian hypothesis; Family Tree and Wave Model; Extensions of Neogrammarian theory- social motivations for sound change- studies of William Labov- Martha’s Vineyard and New York City; Lexical Diffusion of sound change- concept and application. Phonetics Module I Definition, aim and scope of Phonetics; Branches of Phonetics; Organs of Speech; Processes of speech production—Airstream process, Phonation process, Voice Onset time, Articulatory process, Oro-nasal process. Module II Classification of speech sounds: vowels and consonants (vocoid and contoid); Production, classification and description of consonants; Production, classification and description of vowels; Cardinal vowels; Monophthongs vs. Diphthongs; Types of diphthongs; Syllable; International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA); Phonetic transcription and its types; Fundamentals of Acoustic phonetics Introduction to Linguistics Module I Scope and nature of linguistics; Branches of linguistics; Language and Communication. Definition of language; Characteristics of language. Theories regarding the origin of language. Levels of language and their hierarchy; phonological, morphological, syntactic and semantic. Language relation: genetic, areal, typological and morphological. Language: spoken language and written modes and relation between them; Writing systems: evolution of writing systems. Concepts of Syntagmatic and Pardigmatic Relations; Synchronic and Diachronic relations; Competence and Performance; Innateness hypothesis; Langue and Parole. Language universals and specific properties of language Contact:- University Of Calcutta Senate House, 87/1, College Street Kolkata, West Bengal 700073 [MAP]University Of Calcutta[/MAP] |