# Linguistic Typology Through Indian Languages

- Institution: IIT Kharagpur
- Department: Humanities and Social Sciences
- Teacher: Prof. Bornini Lahiri Prof. Dripta Piplai (Mondal)
- Level: Undergraduate
- Language: English
- Subjects: Society and politics
- Source: [NPTEL](https://nptel.ac.in/courses/109105006)
- Licence: [CC BY-NC-SA](https://nptel.ac.in/faq) (Non-commercial use only.)
- Syllabus: [at the source](https://nptel.ac.in/courses/109105006)
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

Languages are diverse, however the features which make them different are not innumerable. These features are called parameters. Typology aims to look for those (limited) parameters. The present course will train the students about the basics of linguistic typology and language universals. It will also mention the contrasting alternative approaches to language universals research. Structures of various Indian languages will be discussed in order to understand the various parameters of language and to understand Language Universals.

Intended audience: UG & PG Students of Linguistics, Research Scholars of Linguistics and related disciplines

Prerequisites: Not required but it will be helpful for the students if they have completed an introductory course in linguistics.

## Lectures

1. [Lecture 01 : Introduction: What is Linguistic Typology?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109105006/08841d27f242) (YouTube)
2. [Lecture 02 : History of Linguistic Typology: Background](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109105006/048758bc94a5) (YouTube)
3. [Lecture 03 : History of Linguistic Typology:Evolution of Linguistic Typology](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109105006/6a8dcb120c9f) (YouTube)
4. [Lecture 04 : Different Approaches to Language Universals: The Basis for Typological Investigation](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109105006/951dcfbc3b9e) (YouTube)
5. [Lecture 05 : How it is different from UG?: Language Universals and Universal Grammar](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109105006/80ae8cb39a25) (YouTube)
6. [Lecture 06 : Word Order Typology](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109105006/15863d0b2e96) (YouTube)
7. [Lecture 07 : Morphological Typology](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109105006/d2fd1c6f7c3b) (YouTube)
8. [Lecture 08 : Lexical Typology](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109105006/3ccc31464385) (YouTube)
9. [Lecture 09 : Generative Typology](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109105006/8a9ea2029d6b) (YouTube)
10. [Lecture 10 : Methods of Data Collection](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109105006/549923f6640f) (YouTube)
11. [Lecture 11 : Methodologies for Typological Studies](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109105006/048ffbc7c6f8) (YouTube)
12. [Lecture 12 : Animacy](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109105006/28716b4de6b5) (YouTube)
13. [Lecture 13 : Headedness](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109105006/a6f715ad363d) (YouTube)
14. [Lecture 14 : Introduction to Noun Cases](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109105006/39a955365309) (YouTube)
15. [Lecture 15 : More about Noun Cases](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109105006/9f5377f1cf2c) (YouTube)
16. [Lecture 16 : Research works on Typology: A Discussion](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109105006/606192a8a1a4) (YouTube)
17. [Lecture 17 : Theta Theory and Case Alignments](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109105006/bd362bc5907a) (YouTube)
18. [Lecture 18 : Agreement](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109105006/544f98f4c3c5) (YouTube)
19. [Lecture 19 : Causatives](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109105006/0e43f7f9cac2) (YouTube)
20. [Lecture 20 : Word order and Relative Clause Types](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109105006/c958ef0b271d) (YouTube)
21. [Lecture 21 : Typology of Passives](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109105006/261b26ced174) (YouTube)
22. [Lecture 22 : Compound & Conjunct Verbs](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109105006/6440b235b660) (YouTube)
23. [Lecture 23 : Reduplication](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109105006/15d0ae67f4f8) (YouTube)
24. [Lecture 24 : Noun Classifiers](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109105006/0146b1c19607) (YouTube)
25. [Lecture 25 : Grammaticalization](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109105006/366f4a62caaf) (YouTube)
26. [Lecture 26 : The Tree Model](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109105006/77727cf02a55) (YouTube)
27. [Lecture 27 : The Wave Model](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109105006/ff0a093a1df6) (YouTube)
28. [Lecture 28 : Models of Language Variation](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109105006/1dfbf3666c46) (YouTube)
29. [Lecture 29 : More models of Language Variation](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109105006/075c8a239a29) (YouTube)
30. [Lecture 30 : Typological Features of Indian Languages](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109105006/8569cd7d1080) (YouTube)
31. [Lecture 31 : Typology & Historical Linguistics](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109105006/2d11b2cfe249) (YouTube)
32. [Lecture 32 : Code Mixing](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109105006/a13ca6e8bd8c) (YouTube)
33. [Lecture 33 : Contact-induced changes](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109105006/ca54ae34978e) (YouTube)
34. [Lecture 34 : Contact-induced Changes; a Case Study](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109105006/75835abd0e12) (YouTube)
35. [Lecture 35 : Areal features of Indian Languages](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109105006/2349c9c0c22c) (YouTube)
36. [Lecture 36 : Recent Developments in Typology](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109105006/7e2e7781229e) (YouTube)
37. [Lecture 37 : Discussion of recent typological work](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109105006/b41dd1eab1d7) (YouTube)
38. [Lecture 38 : Computational Typology](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109105006/9e9d655289c7) (YouTube)
39. [Lecture 39 : Concluding remarks](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109105006/b10bfb1a089e) (YouTube)
40. [Lecture 40 : Concluding remarks](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109105006/8a59c5b15d25) (YouTube)