# Introduction to Language and Linguistics

- 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](https://nptel.ac.in/courses/109105205)
- Licence: [CC BY-NC-SA](https://nptel.ac.in/faq) (Non-commercial use only.)
- Syllabus: [at the source](https://nptel.ac.in/courses/109105205)
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

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

1. [Lecture 01 : How do we define language?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109105205/ef3ddf586c0b) (YouTube)
2. [Lecture 02 : What is knowledge of language?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109105205/48dcb7f8129a) (YouTube)
3. [Lecture 03 : How is Human communication unique?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109105205/beb98f64da8a) (YouTube)
4. [Lecture 04 : Universal properties of language](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109105205/2f9f13093ca4) (YouTube)
5. [Lecture 05 : What do we do in Linguistics?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109105205/f738e6d55e2c) (YouTube)
6. [Lecture 06 : Transdisciplinary Approach to Linguistics](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109105205/c11792d15b52) (YouTube)
7. [Lecture 07 : Rules of Language](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109105205/485769a61d38) (YouTube)
8. [Lecture 08 : Competence & Performance, Langue & Parole](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109105205/2578e4ad1067) (YouTube)
9. [Lecture 09 : Universal Grammar](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109105205/445e9469e247) (YouTube)
10. [Lecture 10 : Faculty of Language](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109105205/a8ad9578c391) (YouTube)
11. [Lecture 11 : Introduction to Phonetics](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109105205/5acddb71904b) (YouTube)
12. [Lecture 12 : More about Phonetics](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109105205/dbf4852543da) (YouTube)
13. [Lecture 13 : Introduction to IPA](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109105205/fef1472872cf) (YouTube)
14. [Lecture 14 : Introduction to Phonology](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109105205/104a3b809013) (YouTube)
15. [Lecture 15 : More about Phonology](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109105205/5a87881540ac) (YouTube)
16. [Lecture 16 : Introducing Morphology](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109105205/232e2cdb1cc8) (YouTube)
17. [Lecture 17 : Morpheme, Morph and Allomorph](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109105205/7097241f3647) (YouTube)
18. [Lecture 18 : Types of Morpheme](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109105205/304887df3058) (YouTube)
19. [Lecture 19 : Morphological Processes](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109105205/ab539d7eb0c5) (YouTube)
20. [Lecture 20 : More about Morphological Process](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109105205/66bc70572dc3) (YouTube)
21. [Lecture 21 : Morphological Typology](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109105205/6bf0ccd1912a) (YouTube)
22. [Lecture 22 : Introducing Syntax](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109105205/e12a63b81b41) (YouTube)
23. [Lecture 23 : Syntactic Categories & Subcategories](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109105205/15a9aa915569) (YouTube)
24. [Lecture 24 : Constituents & Phrase Structures Rules](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109105205/b74835f804b1) (YouTube)
25. [Lecture 25 : More about Trees](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109105205/b71a7f3463cd) (YouTube)
26. [Lecture 26 : Different parts of a tree](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109105205/99f3e5b16870) (YouTube)
27. [Lecture 27 : From Transformation to GB Theory](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109105205/deedfd74e9a1) (YouTube)
28. [Lecture 28 : Introducing Minimalism](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109105205/89274e990313) (YouTube)
29. [Lecture 29 : Introducing Semantics](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109105205/7a7ac5e1903a) (YouTube)
30. [Lecture 30 : Lexical Semantics](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109105205/bf98133be46e) (YouTube)
31. [Lecture 31 : Introducing Pragmatics](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109105205/8d772aca759f) (YouTube)
32. [Lecture 32 : Language and Script](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109105205/ffc32f833acb) (YouTube)
33. [Lecture 33 : Defining Computational Linguistics](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109105205/a22d40988770) (YouTube)
34. [Lecture 34 : An Introduction to Corpus Linguistics](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109105205/2111bd5d5661) (YouTube)
35. [Lecture 35 : Introducing Linguistic Typology](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109105205/f25df09cc523) (YouTube)
36. [Lecture 36 : More about Linguistic Typology](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109105205/182732b5d74a) (YouTube)
37. [Lecture 37 : Typology through Indian Languages](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109105205/468233cc1b3a) (YouTube)
38. [Lecture 38 : Language Families of India](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109105205/2ebdaac75044) (YouTube)
39. [Lecture 39 : More about Language Families of India](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109105205/48e1f097c827) (YouTube)
40. [Lecture 40 : India as a Linguistic Area](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109105205/29a0973c839a) (YouTube)
41. [Lecture 41 : Introducing Sociolinguistics](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109105205/26bd01cac214) (YouTube)
42. [Lecture 42 : Language Maintenance and Language Shift](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109105205/7bbfab7cf706) (YouTube)
43. [Lecture 43 : Multilingualism and Varieties of Language](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109105205/88eca1bdba6c) (YouTube)
44. [Lecture 44 : Language, Dialect and Standardization](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109105205/aba0fb4e9046) (YouTube)
45. [Lecture 45 : Standard Language Ideology](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109105205/39c18459572d) (YouTube)
46. [Lecture 46 : Language Variation](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109105205/8a29ac8ee14a) (YouTube)
47. [Lecture 47 : Language Change](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109105205/53cafc61524d) (YouTube)
48. [Lecture 48 : Language and Identity](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109105205/6c1d7876d74a) (YouTube)
49. [Lecture 49 : Language Endangerment](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109105205/edb1a147e6a8) (YouTube)
50. [Lecture 50 : Different Aspects of Language Endangerment](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109105205/262d61adaeb4) (YouTube)
51. [Lecture 51 : Language Documentation](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109105205/792a6f4243de) (YouTube)
52. [Lecture 52 : Language Documentation & Revitalization](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109105205/78b95bac0191) (YouTube)
53. [Lecture 53 : A Discussion on Field Linguistics](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109105205/44ffca34886c) (YouTube)
54. [Lecture 54 : Language Teaching](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109105205/1d1f66154ba5) (YouTube)
55. [Lecture 55 : More about Language Teaching](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109105205/afa87bcc9d68) (YouTube)
56. [Lecture 56 : Sociolinguistics and language teaching](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109105205/a95f8b2c97a5) (YouTube)
57. [Lecture 57 : Language Policy](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109105205/ae23b35b8403) (YouTube)
58. [Lecture 58 : Endangered Languages and its Revitization through Classroms](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109105205/8fcfc5e10c37) (YouTube)
59. [Lecture 59 : Summing up](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109105205/d5f3ecaff41f) (YouTube)
60. [Lecture 60 : Summing up](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109105205/2cb387deb27e) (YouTube)