MA English syllabus ycmou first year 2020
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UNIT- I International Phonetic Alphabet Phonemic symbols for English sounds. Phonetic transcription UNIT-II - PHONETICS & PHONOLOGY 1. T. Balsubramaniam.1981. A Textbook of English Phonetics for Indian Students. Macmillan. 2. Daniel Jones. English Pronouncing Dictionary. 15th edition. CUP. The following topics: (i) The Organs of Speech (ii) Classification of Speech Sounds English – Vowels & Consonants (iii) Consonant Clusters UNIT – III - PHONETICS AND PHONOLOGY The following topics: (i) The Syllable (ii) Word- Accent (iii) Accent & Rhythm in Connected Speech (iv) Intonation UNIT – IV – INTRODUCTION TO LINGUISTICS 1. David Crystal.1990. Linguistics. Penguin. 2. George Yule.1996. The Study of Language. 2nd edition, CUP. The following topics: (i) Human Language and animal communication (ii) Definition & Scope of Linguistics (iii) Branches of Linguistics & Applied Linguistics (iv) Traditional Approaches to language study UNIT – V – INTRODUCTION TO LINGUISTICS The following topics: (i) Basic assumptions of Modern linguistics (ii) Language Varieties: Dialect, Idiolect, Register and Style. (iii) Notions of Correctness & Acceptability.
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