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Introduction to Language and Linguistics

Prof. Dripta Piplai (Mondal) and Prof. Bornini Lahiri · IIT Kharagpur

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About

The course tries to give an idea about the knowledge of language and different levels of linguistic analysis, keeping in mind various types of linguistic data. After attending the course, one will be able to conduct basic linguistic analysis in phonology and morphology; transcribe using the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA), draw basic syntax trees and do parsing. Additionally, the course gives an overview of relevant topics like language and script, linguistic areas, dialects etc.

Intended audience: B.Tech and masters students interested in linguistics, PhD scholars who need basic idea of linguistics

Lectures

Week 1

  1. Lecture 01 : How do we define language? YouTube
  2. Lecture 02 : What is knowledge of language? YouTube
  3. Lecture 03 : How is Human communication unique? YouTube
  4. Lecture 04 : Universal properties of language YouTube
  5. Lecture 05 : What do we do in Linguistics? YouTube

Week 2

  1. Lecture 06 : Transdisciplinary Approach to Linguistics YouTube
  2. Lecture 07 : Rules of Language YouTube
  3. Lecture 08 : Competence & Performance, Langue & Parole YouTube
  4. Lecture 09 : Universal Grammar YouTube
  5. Lecture 10 : Faculty of Language YouTube

Week 3

  1. Lecture 11 : Introduction to Phonetics YouTube
  2. Lecture 12 : More about Phonetics YouTube
  3. Lecture 13 : Introduction to IPA YouTube
  4. Lecture 14 : Introduction to Phonology YouTube
  5. Lecture 15 : More about Phonology YouTube

Week 4

  1. Lecture 16 : Introducing Morphology YouTube
  2. Lecture 17 : Morpheme, Morph and Allomorph YouTube
  3. Lecture 18 : Types of Morpheme YouTube
  4. Lecture 19 : Morphological Processes YouTube
  5. Lecture 20 : More about Morphological Process YouTube

Week 5

  1. Lecture 21 : Morphological Typology YouTube
  2. Lecture 22 : Introducing Syntax YouTube
  3. Lecture 23 : Syntactic Categories & Subcategories YouTube
  4. Lecture 24 : Constituents & Phrase Structures Rules YouTube
  5. Lecture 25 : More about Trees YouTube

Week 6

  1. Lecture 26 : Different parts of a tree YouTube
  2. Lecture 27 : From Transformation to GB Theory YouTube
  3. Lecture 28 : Introducing Minimalism YouTube
  4. Lecture 29 : Introducing Semantics YouTube
  5. Lecture 30 : Lexical Semantics YouTube

Week 7

  1. Lecture 31 : Introducing Pragmatics YouTube
  2. Lecture 32 : Language and Script YouTube
  3. Lecture 33 : Defining Computational Linguistics YouTube
  4. Lecture 34 : An Introduction to Corpus Linguistics YouTube
  5. Lecture 35 : Introducing Linguistic Typology YouTube

Week 8

  1. Lecture 36 : More about Linguistic Typology YouTube
  2. Lecture 37 : Typology through Indian Languages YouTube
  3. Lecture 38 : Language Families of India YouTube
  4. Lecture 39 : More about Language Families of India YouTube
  5. Lecture 40 : India as a Linguistic Area YouTube

Week 9

  1. Lecture 41 : Introducing Sociolinguistics YouTube
  2. Lecture 42 : Language Maintenance and Language Shift YouTube
  3. Lecture 43 : Multilingualism and Varieties of Language YouTube
  4. Lecture 44 : Language, Dialect and Standardization YouTube
  5. Lecture 45 : Standard Language Ideology YouTube

Week 10

  1. Lecture 46 : Language Variation YouTube
  2. Lecture 47 : Language Change YouTube
  3. Lecture 48 : Language and Identity YouTube
  4. Lecture 49 : Language Endangerment YouTube
  5. Lecture 50 : Different Aspects of Language Endangerment YouTube

Week 11

  1. Lecture 51 : Language Documentation YouTube
  2. Lecture 52 : Language Documentation & Revitalization YouTube
  3. Lecture 53 : A Discussion on Field Linguistics YouTube
  4. Lecture 54 : Language Teaching YouTube
  5. Lecture 55 : More about Language Teaching YouTube

Week 12

  1. Lecture 56 : Sociolinguistics and language teaching YouTube
  2. Lecture 57 : Language Policy YouTube
  3. Lecture 58 : Endangered Languages and its Revitization through Classroms YouTube
  4. Lecture 59 : Summing up YouTube
  5. Lecture 60 : Summing up YouTube

Syllabus and materials

At NPTEL, as the course publishes them.

Credits and licence

Institution
IIT Kharagpur
Department
Humanities and Social Sciences
Taught by
Prof. Dripta Piplai (Mondal), Prof. Bornini Lahiri
Level
Undergraduate
Language
English
Subjects
Society and politics
Source
NPTEL
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA, as NPTEL states it. Non-commercial use only. NPTEL's terms
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