FINAL IN PRACTICE

REVISED SYLLABUS OF MA
IN
APPLIED LINGUISTICS
2012-14

DEPT. OF APPLIED LINGUISTICS

PGSR
SNDT WOMENS UNIVERSITY,
MUMBAI-20

Syllabus of MA in Applied Linguistics 80 credits course

Sr.no

Semester I
20 credits

Semester II
20 credits

Semester III
20 credits

Semester IV
20 credits

1.)
114001
4credits
Introduction to
100 marks : applied
50 int
linguistics
50 ext.

214004
Advances in
areas of Applied
Linguistics:

314007
Language in
society

Research:
8 credits Marks
200

2.)
114002
4credits
Phonetics and
100 marks : Phonology
50 int
50 ext.

214005
Sentence
Semantics &
pragmatics

314008
Theories of media
communication,

3.)
114003
4credits
100 marks : Approaches to
50 int
grammar
50 ext.
development
of generative
grammar

214006
Word semantics:
form and
meaning

314009
Introduction to
research and
statistics
(research
methodology)

414888

Optional papers
Select any two

Internship:
414999
8 credits
Marks- 200

Select any one

4. )
4credits
114101
100 marks : Language
50 int
Learning
50 ext.
& teaching
theory &
practice

214104
Language
teaching
analysis
evaluation error
analysis

314107
Language
planning and
Language Policy

414110
Translation
Theory and
Practice

5.)
114102
4credits
Educational
100 marks : Linguistics
50 int
50 ext.

214105
Literacy and
language,
language in
distance
education

314108
Media semiotics &
Application.

414111
Stylistics

314109
Lexicography

414112
Language and
gender

6.)
114103
214106
4credits
Neurolinguistics language
100 marks : &
development
50 int
psycholinguistics And language
50 ext.
disorders

The areas for internship have been decided as such:

Teaching English at corporate sectors / students from SNDTW University

Indian languages as Marathi/ Gujarati as second language.
Hindi as foreign language
Media script writing
E content writing
Language editing in publishing houses
Translation bureau
Language analysis
Ali yavar jung Institute for Hearing Impaired
TIFR
IIT linguistics dept.
Directorate of languages
Lexicography assistance

S.N.D.T Womens University, Mumbai- 20

New Course Subject list Ma Applied Linguistics
Eligibility: graduate students from any stream with proficiency in English

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Sem subject subject name

cr.
Code
**** APPLIED LINGUISTICS**** MA 80 credits course
Semester I compulsory papers

Int ext Total

(marks)
credits 20

114001

Introduction to applied linguistics

4. 50

50.

100

114002

Phonetics and Phonology

4. 50

50

100

4. 50

50.

100

114003

Approaches to grammar development

of generative grammar

Optional papers select any two from the following

114101
114102
114103

Language teaching theory & practice

Educational Linguistics
Neurolinguistics & psycholinguistics

4. 50

50. 100

4. 50

50. 100

4. 50

50. 100

Semester II compulsory papers

credits 20

214004

Advances in areas of Applied Linguistics:

4. 50

50. 100

214005

Sentence Semantics & pragmatics

4. 50

50. 100

214006

Word semantics: form and meaning

4. 50 50. 100

Optional papers select any two from the following

214104

Language teaching analysis evaluation

Error analysis

214105

Literacy and language education

Language in distance education

214106

Language development
And language disorders

4. 50

50.100

4. 50
4. 50

50.

50. 100
100

Semester III Compulsory papers

credits 20

314007

4. 50

50. 100

4. 50

50. 100

4. 50

50 100

4. 50

50. 100

4. 50

50. 100

4. 50

50. 100

314008
314009

Language in society
Theories of media communication
Introduction to Research and statistics

Optional papers select any two from the following

314107
314108

Language Planning & policy making

Media semiotics & application

314109

Lexicography

Semester IV

Credits 20

Research:
Proposal
Dissertation Presentation/ viva voce-

8 credits Marks 200

2 credits
Marks-50
4 credits
Marks-100
2 credits
Marks- 50

Internship:

8 credits

Marks- 200

Select any one course from the following:

414110
Translation theory & practice
414111
Stylistics
414112+``````./ Language & gender
----------------Division of Internal marks 50
Project:
Presentation in seminar:
Term paper:
Total marks :

25
10
15
50

4. 50
4. 50
4. 50

50. 100
50. 100
50. 100

Detailed Syllabus:
M.A. IN APPLIED LINGUISTICS
MA PART-1
SEMESTER 1
First 3 courses are compulsory as core courses
Course 1 MAAL-114001
Introduction to Applied Linguistics
Subjects
1

Introduction to
applied
linguistics

L
4

D TP T
Credits Total
1 50 W 4
100

50

1 50 50 4

100

L- lecture hrs p.w. ;D- exam duration; TP- theory paper marks-50; TW- term work marks50; Credits-4; Total marks-100
Module 1 Introduction to Applied Linguistics: Module2 theory of applied linguistics
Objectives: at the end of this course the students will be able to
explain the interdisciplinary aspects and ubiquitous character of language.
identify different approaches to the study of language for integrated vision of it as a
power.
realize the vast potential of application of language to different areas of life.
apply the theories of linguistics and applied linguistics.
understand the need for studying language as a science.
Note: term work 50 marks for seminar/ term paper/ projects/ 50 marks exam for
all papers.

Sr. No.
Mod.1
2credits
Unit
1.

2.

Modules 1. 2.

Class
hrs.
INTRODUCTION TO APPLIED LINGUISTICS.
60
Linguistics aspects: Studying characteristics of language, its (30)
ubiquitous
nature:
traditional,
creative,
universality,
arbitrariness, duality- displaced from time and place, structure
bound, innate ability and a learned activity. Three dichotomies
of Saussure, Aspects of Language: Phonology, Morphology,
Syntax and Semantics LSRW
Sociolinguistics aspects : Studying language as a social
phenomenon and a dynamic system- in relation to power
politics, gender relations, interpersonal communication, literacy,
upward social mobility and towards the development of social
personality, language planning and policy making., functions of
language.

marks
100

3.

Psycholinguistics aspects: Studying language as a human

faculty, a mirror of the mind, its role in the human brain,
language as a part of universal cognition, language acquisition,
its relation to thinking and development of individual
personality., language disorders,

Mod.2
2credits
Unit
1.

THEORY OF APPLIED LINGUISTICS

Different theories of Applied linguistics: Skinners, Behaviouristic,
Mentalistic and Interactive,

Development of the theory of applied linguistics: Development

from Language Teaching other fields of knowledge like
Translation, Law, Media etc.

Development of Applied Linguistics as an independent subject.

Role of language as a medium of communication and a subject

in its own right.
Language used in education L1 , L2 . Language in text books.

(30)

References:
Abbi, A. (1994). Semantic universals in Indian Languages [Shimla, IIAS]
Abbi, A.,R.S. Gupta and A. Kidwai (ed.) (2000) Linguistic structure and language
dynamics in South Asia [Motilal Banarsidas, Delhi]
Hockett, C.F. (1963) A course in general linguistics [Macmillan.]
Pennycook, P. (2001) Critical Applied Lingistics, Sage Publications, Philadelphia.
Pit Corder, S. (1973) Introducing applied linguistics 9Penguin Books, Hammondsworth]
Radford Andrew and others. [2002] Linguistics An Introduction CUP.
Srivastava, R.N. and R.S. Gupta (1990) Dimensions of Applied linguistics [CIIL,
Mysore]
Verma, S.K. (et al) (1992) Modern applied linguistics [TK Publications, Chennai]
Verma , S.K. & N. Krishna swami[1998] introduction to Modern Linguistics. OUP.
Yule, George (1997) The Study of language. [CUP]
Davis and Elder, Hand Book of Applied Linguistics

Course 2 MAAL 114002

Phonetics and Phonology
SR.
NO.
2

Subjects
Phonetics and phonology

L
4
4

D
1
1

TP
50
50

TW
50
50

Credits
4

Total
100
100

Objectives: at the end of this course the students will be able to

emphasize the study of individual sounds for better social interaction in every way.
realize the need for using correct mechanisms for production of sounds in language.
analyze the supra segmental features for correct communication of semantic content.
create an awareness of sounds as a system available in different languages.
explain principles of phonemic analysis.
differentiate the phonemic systems in different languages for the purpose of using it in
social and personal life

Sr. No.

Modules 1.2.

Mod.1
2 crdits
Unit
1.

Phonetics

2.

Method of classifying speech sounds and Air stream

mechanism- consonants, vowels, clusters and diphthongs
and articulation, co-articulation.

3.

IPA, Supra-segmental features.

Mod.2
2 credits
Unit
1.

Phonology

Allophones and principles of phonemic analysis

Contrast, contributory, complementation and free variation,

Distinctive features and morpho-phonemics,

Intonation patterns and prosodic features

Feature based generative phonology.

Class
hrs.
60
(30)

Speech mechanism- study of speech sounds, articulatory,

auditory and acoustic.

Concept of phonemes,

Practical work: phonemic analysis of unknown languages.

(30)

marks
100

References:
Carr, P. [1999] English Phonetics and Phonology, An Introduction. Blackwell U.K.
Gusseniwen, C. and H. Jacobs [1998] Understanding Phonology. Arnold, London.
Katamba F. [1993] Morphology Macmillan, Basingstoke.
Ladefoged, P.[1993] A course in Phonetics. Hardcourt Brace Jovonovich. New York.
Spencer, A. [1993] Morphological Theory. Blackwell U.K.

Course 3 MAAL 114003

Approaches to grammar, development of generative grammar
Sr.
No.

Subjects

L
4

D
1.

TP
50

TW 50

Credits
4

Total
100

Approaches to grammar, progress of

chomskeyan model and syntax.

50

50

100

Objectives: at the end of this course the students will be able to

differentiate the functional, notional, and structural characterisation of the sentence.

assess inadequacies of the descriptive and traditional approaches especially in the context
of language teaching.
distinguish elements of Universal Grammar-what is innate and what is learnt.
integrate innate principles and learnt parameters of language especially in the context of
Language teaching
apply the principles of Chomskyian model in sentence analysis.

Sr. no.
Mod.1
2credits
Units.

Modules 1 and 2
Approaches to grammar
Progress of chomskeyan model and syntax

Class hrs.
60
(30)

Concepts about sentence in the traditional and

structural approaches (the subject and predicate).

Structural Method IC analysis, Concepts

Endocentricity and exocentricity (Hocket)

Concepts of universality, phrase structure grammar.

x-bar theory, Government and Binding theory

Explanation of ambiguity and its resolution.:

Chomskeyan Approach: Deep Structure and Surface
Structure, Transformation

Mod.2
2credits
units
1.

GB theory and minimalism

2.

Case theory: case assignment and case assigners.

of

Transformational Grammar model, standard theory,

extended standard theory.Theta theory and theta
roles.

(30)

Marks
100

3.

Types of movement: A movement, A movement,

movement: Transformations

4.

Principles and Parameters theory.

5.

Minimalism
References:

Bloomfield, L. (1933) Language, Allen and Unwin.

Chomsky, N. (1970) Remarks on Nominalization, Waltham, Mass. Ginn &Co.
Chomsky, N. (1982) Theory of Government and Binding, Dodrecht.
Culicover, J.( 1994)Principles and Parameters, CUP
Fromkin V. and Rodman, R.(1978) An Introduction to language Holt, Reinhart
&Winston
Hornstein and Lightfoot (1981) Explanation in Linguistics, London, Longman
Katz, J.J. (1972) Semantic Theory. New York, Harper & Row.
Lappin, D. (ed. (1997) A handbook of contemporary semantics, Blackwell, Oxford
Lyons, J. (1977) Semantics Vol. 1&2 CUP
Lyons, J. (1995) Semantics: an Introduction CUP
Prakasam & Abbi, Anvita (1986). Semantics theories and language teaching. New Delhi
Allied Publishers.
Radford, A. (1981) Transformational Syntax [CUP]

OPTIONAL COURSES: SELECT ANY TWO

Optional course I
Course 4 MAAL 114101
Language teaching theory & skills
Objectives: at the end of this course the students will be able to

locate and explain different aspects of language.

acquaint with and apply theories of language teaching / learning.
apply the effective modes of language learning/teaching.
develop linguistic skills.

Detailed Syllabus:
Sr.no.
Mod.1
Credits 2
Units:
1

subject
language teaching theory and practice

Historical
Language

Theories

Class hrs
60
(30)

Concept of L1, L2, L3 and foreign language and

language for specific purposes.
background
of
Acquisition
of

language

language
and

learning

and

teaching.
Learning.
teaching.

Marks
100

4
5

Teaching of Language in a multilingual situation.

Development of linguistics and its application to
language teaching theoriesAmerican school and European School.

Mod. 2
Credits 2
Units
1

Development of language skills

Learner cantered language Teaching.

Use of activities and language games as a tool of

developing language skills.

Language teaching as a skill based approach.

Development of spoken skills- listening, speaking and

interacting skills

Basic inter-personal communicative skills. [BICS]

Development of reading and writing as cognitive

advanced language proficiency skills, [CALPS] and
study skills,
Vocabulary and Grammar

(30)

References:
Agnihotri R.K. and Khanna A.L. :(1994) Second language Acquisition. New
Delhi: Sage Publication.
Allwright, D.: (1988.) Observation in the language classroom. Longman.
Brumfit, . & Johnson: (1979) The communicative approach to language teaching C.U.P.
Clark, E.V. (1993) the lexicon in acquisition OUP, New York
Harmer, J. (1983).The practice of English language teaching. Longman.
Harris, M. & Coulthard: (1986.) Language processing in children and adults London.
Routeldge & Kegan Paul.
Hatch, Evelyn: (1992) Discourse in language teaching. C.U.P.
Ingram, D. (1989) First language acquisition [CUP]
Krashen Stephen: (1981). Second language acquisition and second
language learning Oxford.
Nunan, D. (1992) Collaborative language learning and teaching C.U.P.
Nunan, D.: (1988.) Syllabus design. C.U.P.
Oller, J.W. : (1979) Language tests at school. Longman.
Pit Corder, S.: (1973). Introducing applied linguistics Penguin.
Prabhu N. S.: (1987). Second language pedagogy Oxford, O.U.P .
Richards, J.: (1978) Error analysis. Longman.
Richards, J.: (1994). Reflective teaching in second language class C.U.P.
Stern, H.H. (1983) Fundamental concepts of language teaching OUP
William Ritchi : (1978).Second language acquisition research issues.
Academic Press, N.Y.
Wolfgang, Klein: (1988). Second Language acquisition. CU.P.

Optional course 2
Course 5 MAAL 114102
Educational linguistics

Subjects

L4

D1

TP 50

TW
50

Credits
4

Total
100

Language in education,
evaluation of language
skills.

50

50

100

60 hrs class lectures, 4 credits Marks: 100.

Module 1 [A]: ROLE OF LANGUAGE IN EDUCATION
Module 2: [A] EVALUATION OF LANGUAGE SKILLS
Objectives : at the end of this course the students will be able to
use language as a tool for education.
understand the role of language in evaluation in general.
differentiate between testing content subject and of linguistic skills in particular
Detailed Syllabus

Sr.no.

Subject

Mod.1
Credits 2
Units
1

Role of language in education

2.

Language as a tool for education. Language for

special purposes
Language dialect dilemma

3.

3 Language formula, language as a subject and

medium of instruction, mother tongue, L1, L2, L3

Development of script and language standardization

Its role in academics and professional education.

mod.2
2 credits
units
1

Evaluation of language skills.

Evaluation of language as a tool for education.

Class
hrs
60
(30)

Marks.
100

Form of language and its evaluation in literature.

Language testing and its types.

Testing of oral skills

(30)

References:

Aggarwal, J.C. (1984). Landmark in history of modern Indian education. Vikas, Delhi.
Aggarwal, J.C. and Sarita aggarwal.(1990). Education in India. A Concept Publishing
Company New Delhi.
Brumfit, C. :(1984). Communicative methodology in language teaching. C.U.P.
Daswani, C.J. (ed) (2000) Language education in multilingual India UNESCO, New
Delhi
Hutchinson, Tom and Alan Waters.[1991] English for specific Purposes .A Learning
Centred approach CUP.
Dakin, Julian [1968] London OUP
Kangas and J. Cummins (1981) Minority and education OUP
Pattanayak, D.P. (1981) Multilingualism and mother tongue education OUP
[1991] Language Education and Culture. CIIL Mysore.
Verma S.K. [1997] Language in education.

Optional course 3
Course 5 MAAL 114103
Neurolinguistics, psycholinguistics
Subjects
1

Neurolinguistics,
psycholinguistics

L
4

D
1

TP
50

TW
50

Credits
4

Total
100

50

50

100

60 hrs class lectures, 4 credits Marks 100

Module 1[E]: NEUROLINGUISTICS
Module 2 [E]: PSYCHOLINGUISTICS
Objectives: at the end of this course the students will be able to

Assess the relationship between language and brain.

Understand the role of language in development of mental faculty.
Establish relationship between cognition and meaning making processes in a particular
socio-cultural milieu.

Detailed syllabus:
Sr.no.
subject

Class hrs

Marks.

Mod.1
Credits2

60
(30)

100

Neurolinguistics
Neurolinguistic studies... its scope and limitations
Brain and its physiology
Cerebral dominance and language localization
Speech analysis and synthesis and structure of brain

mod.2
credits 2

Psycholinguistics

(30)

Study of language and its relation to mind

theories of language acqisition and communication
Chomskiyan point of view of language ability and its
knowledgeabout it.
Error analysis and its role in study of language
acquizition
Interlanguage
Role of tip of the tongue, slip of the tongue,
spoonerism.in language acquisition research.
Study of linguistic competence
References:
Aitchison, J. [1994] Words in the Mind- an Introduction to Mental Lexicon. Oxford:
Blackwell. [1998].
The Articulate Mammal: An Introduction to Psycho linguistics. London. Routledge.
[2000]
The Seeds of Speech : Language Origin and Evolution .CUP
Aitchison, J.and D. Lewis [1996]
The Mental Word web: Forging the Links. Swedish Academy.
Bickerton, D. [1981]. The Roots of Language. Annarbor : Kroma.
Hopper, P. and E.C. Traugott [1993] Grammaticalization. CUP.
Obler, L.K. and K. Gjerlow.[1999] Language and the Brain CUP

M.A. PART -1
SEMESTER 2:
The first three courses are COMPULSORY as core courses
Course 1 MAAL 214004
Advances in Areas of Applied Linguistics
Sr.
No.

Subjects

Areas of application:
vocational and
professional fields

L
4

D
1

TP
50

TW
50

Credits
4

Total
100

50

50

100

Objectives at the end of this course the students will be able to

Develop awareness of applications of Applied Linguistics to Education.
Find the correlation between effective use of language and level of individual
achievement in educational career.
Realize the different properties of language and individual development in social
context.
Understand the application of language science in trade and commerce and other
technical subjects.
Assess the role of language in developing personality at societal level
Use language in Vocational and Professional fields

Sr. no.

Module 1, 2

Mod.1
2credits
units:
1.

AREAS OF APPLICATION: USE IN EDUCATION

2.

Development of language as L1, and L2 and Foreign

Language, CALL, Discourse Analysis

3.

Use of language as medium of communication and

instruction in different subjects.

Its relationship with psychology, sociology and

ethnography with reference to education

lexicography and translation studies for developing

languages,

Explaining the role of language study in developing

literary sensibility through stylistics.

Mod.2
2credits
Units.
1.

Critical applied Linguistics.

Politics of language text pedagogy

Application in the field of official and professional fields:

Language in Gender, Language in Politics, Language of
World Englishes

Its application in education in general and language

teaching in particular.

Application of language and registers in law and

administration Forensic Linguistics Its application in
trade and industry.

Class
hrs.60

Marks
100

(30)

(30)

The special registers and style required to be studied

under each head, would form the major area for
studies.

References:
Abbi , Anvita. and R.S Gupta and A. Kidwai ed. [2000] Linguistic Structure and
Language Dynamics. Motilal Banarasidas. Delhi.
Ghatge, A.M.[1970] Some Aspects of Applied Linguistics. Kolhapur: Shivaji
University Press.
Hutchinson, Tom and Alan Waters. [1991] English for Specific Purposes A Learning
Centred Approach, CUP
Kehoe, Monica. [1968] Applied Linguistics A Survey for Teachers. Macmillan.
Srivastava , R.N. and R.S. Gupta. [1990] Dimensions of Applied Linguistics,. CIIL
Mysore.
Allen & Davis, Handbook of Applied Linguistics
Language in Education, Open University Press

Course 2 MAAL 214005

Sentence semantics and pragmatics
SR.
NO.

Subjects

L4

D
1

TP
50

Int
50

Credits

Total
100

Sentence semantics and

pragmatics

50

50

100

Objectives: at the end of this course the students will be able to

Understand how meanings of words/lexemes are learned in the context of sentence.
Assess the relationship between sentences and inherent meaning through theta roleshow this can be applied to psychology and language teaching.
Realize meaning making process at sentential level.
Understand patterns of spoken language.
Define its special role in different discourses as per speech acts.

Sr. no.
Mod.1
2credits
Units
1.

Module 1 and 2
sentence semantics

Logical constants and truth-value.

Entailment and presupposition.

Semantic relations of elements in a sentence

Mod.26
2credits
Units

Pragmatics (Text book: Hurdford & Heasley:

Semantics a workbook)

Utterance semantics and pragmatics.

Language of discourse.

Functions of language: Austin & Jacobson

Speech act theory: illocution, per locution and

locution and concept of force.

Class hrs.60
(30)

Sentence semantics and proposition.

(30)

Marks
100

References:
Bloomfield, L. (1933) Language, Allen and Unwin.
Chomsky, N. (1970) Remarks on Nominalization Waltham, Mass. Ginn &Co.
Chomsky, N. (1982) Theory of Government and Binding Dodrecht.
Culicover, J.( 1994)Principles and Parameters CUP (text book for Module 2)
Fromkin V. and Rodman, R.(1978) An Introduction to language Holt, Reinhart
&Winston
Hornstein and Lightfoot (1981) Explanation in Linguistics London, Longman
Katz, J.J. (1972) Semantic Theory. New York, Harper & Row
Lappin, D. (ed. (1997) A handbook of contemporary semantics Blackwell, Oxford.
Lyons, J. (1977) Semantics Vol. 1&2 CUP
Lyons, J. (1995) Semantics: an Introduction CUP
Prakasam & Abbi, Anvita (1986). Semantics theories and language teaching.New Delhi
Allied Publishers.
Radford, A. (1981) Transformational Syntax CUP
N. Krishnaswamy, Linguistics for Language Teachers (Text book for Module : 1)

Course 3 MAAL -214006

Word Semantics: form and Meaning

SR.
NO.
3

Subjects

L
4

Units of morphemic study,

word semantics
4

D
1

TP
50

TW
50

Credits

Total
100

50

50

100

Objectives at the end of this course the students will be able to:
Emphasize the role of the morpheme as a carrier of meaning.
Emphasize the use of words and different morphemes for enhanced communicability.
Understands the components of meaning of words.
Evaluate their role in communication.
Realize the meaning making processes.

Sr. no
Mod.1
2credits
Units 1

Modules 1. 2.
Units of morphemic study

Concept of lexeme.

Principles of morphemic analysis: root,

derivation, inflection, sandhi,.
Categories and subcategories of grammar

Class hrs.
60
(30)

Marks
100

Concept of morph, allomorph and morpheme.

base,

Mod.2
2credits
Units.
1

Word semantics

Connotation and denotation, semantic space.

Componential analysis and field theory of semantics.

(30)

Word meaning, sense and reference,

References:
Katamba F. [1993] Morphology. Macmillan, Basingstoke.
Lyons, J. [1977] Semantics Vol 1 CUP.
Mathwes P.H. [1991] Morphology CUP.
Palmer, F.R. [1996] Semantics, CUP.
Spencer, A. [1998] Morphological theory. Blackwell U.K.
Ulmann, S. [1962] Semantics-An Introduction to the Study of Meaning. Oxford Basil
Basil Blackwell.

Optional courses-I select two

Course 4. MAAL 214104
Language teaching analysis, evaluation and error analysis
Subjects
1

Language teaching
analysis, evaluation and
error analysis

L
4

D
1

TP
50

TW
50

Credits
4

Total
100

50

5o

100

60 hrs class lectures, 4 credits Marks:100.

Module 1: Language teaching analysis
Module 2 : Evaluation and error analysis
Objectives: at the end of this course the students will be able to

Analyze the role of language in teacher training program.

Prepare self learning packages
Use technology effectively to develop linguistic skills
Develop skills to design curriculum and syllabus for short term language courses.
Identify errors and rectify them
Evaluate linguistic skills for developing higher level of linguistic competence.
Design tests for language skills for different purposes

Detailed syllabus;
Sr.no.
Subject
Mod.1
Credits 2
Units:
1
2
3

4
5

language teaching analysis

Class
hrs
60
(30)

Language teaching analysis: goal of language teaching, need of

analysis
Use of technology in language teaching the ICT component.
Designing of different types of syllabuses: product and process
based - lexical, grammatical, structural, communicative,
notional functional situational etc..
Role of learner, teacher, methods, activities, materials in
syllabus design
The role of teacher training programmes and self learning
packages

(30)
Mod.2
Credits 2
Units:
1

Evaluation and error analysis

Different types of test.

Testing of Language in language courses. Testing of language

in content subjects.

Marks
100

Techniques of test designing, concept of reliability and validity.

Construct validity and content validity. Testing for listening,
speaking, reading and writing skills, grammar and vocabulary
Error analysis and its significance. Error analysis and
contrastive analysis, Interlanguage, fossilization, remedial
teaching

Reference;
Corder, Pit S. [1981] Error Analysis and Interlanguage. CUP.
Evelyne Hatch. [1992] Discourse in Language Teaching. CUP
Nunan, D, [1992] Collaborative Language Learning and Teaching. CUP.
Oller,J.W. [1979] Language Tests at School.
Prabhu, N.S. [1997] Second Language Pedagogy. OUP.
Richards, Jack. [1978] Error Analysis. London. Longman.

Optional course II
Course 5. MAAL 214105

Literacy and language education, language in distance education.

Subjects
1

Literacy and language

education, language in
distance education.

L
4

D
1

TP
50

TW
50

Credits Total
4
100

50

50

100

60 hrs class lectures, 4 credits Marks: 100.

Module 1{A]: LITERACY AND LANGUAGE EDUCATION
Module 2: LANGUAGE IN DISTANCE EDUCATION
Objectives : at the end of this course the students will be able to
conceptualise importance of literacy.
define the role of literacy as a tool for empowerment and upward social mobility.
assess the role of language in distance education and prepare material accordingly
analyze the mode of distance education and prepare material accordingly.
evaluate distance education material and methodology.

Detailed syllabus;
Sr.no
Mod.1
Credits 2
Units:
1
2
3

Subject
Literacy and language education
Difference between Child and adult literacy
programme.
Role of language in literacy in multi lingual Indian
situation.
Difference between spoken and written language.

Class hrs
60
(30)

Marks
100

Skills of reading and writing.

Approaches to non-formal education: curriculum

formation, methods, materials,

Women and literacy.

mod.2
credits 2
units :

Evaluation of effectiveness of literacy

programme.

Language in distance education

Role of Distance education in modern world.

Mode of language used in Distance Education

Programme,

Research and technology in Distance Education

Training in script writing for Distance educators.

Its scope and limitation.

(30)

Distance education and vocational potential.

References:
Annamalai, E. [1979] Language Movements in India. CIIL Mysore.
Daswani, C.J. ed. [2000] language Education in Multilingual India. Unesco, New Delhi.
Kanga, S. and J. Cummins.[1981] Minority and Education.
Olson and Torrent. [1992] Orality and Literacy. CUP.
Ong, W.J. [1982] orality and Literacy: the technologising of the word. London Methuen.
Stern, H.H. [1983] Fundamental Concepts of Language teaching OUP
Optional course III
Course 6. MAAL 214106
Language development & language disorders
Subjects
1

L
4

D
1

TP T W
50 50

Credits
4

Total
100

Language
disorders,
application
of
psycholinguistics
to
language 4
development

50

100

50

60 hrs class lectures, 4 credits Marks: 100.

Module 1: LANGUAGE DISORDERS.
Module 2 . APPLICATION OF NEUROLINGUISTICS
Objectives: at the end of this course the students will be able to
Analyse and conceptualize different kinds of language disorders.
Diagnose the disorders.
Provide inputs for remedial measures.
Apply this knowledge in different fields
Detailed syllabus:
Sr.no.

Subject

Mod.1
Credits2
Units:
1

Language disorders

Aphasia, explanation childhood aphasia and other disorders.

Dyslexia ,dementia, language organization

Developmental disorders- dyslexia, disgraphia, dyscalculia and

autism

mod.2
credits 2
units:

Importance of psycholinguistics in education management of

the language specific common disorders

Education :Understanding what language proficiency means ,

understanding how language works, assessment of

proficiency level of children entering school,

understanding normal language development and

abnormalities if any understanding the difference between
first, second and foreign language teaching, etc

Speech therapy: theories of language learning, understanding

normal language development understanding different aspects
of linguistic abnormality to adopt proper corrective measure.
Counselling, Dramtics

Class
hrs
60
(30)

Marks
100

speech and language disorders Definition, clinical syndromes,

hearing
impairment,
mental
retardation,
autism,
categorization and educational management.

(30)

References:
Alber , M. and L.K. Obler [1978] The Bilingual Brain: Neuro psychological and Neuro
Linguistic aspects of Bilingualism. New York: Academic Press.
Jenkins, L. [1999] Bio linguistics: exploring biology of Language. CUP.
Obler, L.K. and K. Gjerlow. [1999] Language and the Brain. CUP.
Osherson, D. and H. Lasnik. Eds [1990] language: an Invitation to cognitive Science.
Cambridge Massachusetts.
Ray. J. [1994] Patterns in Mind. New York: Basic Books.

MA II. SEMESTER III total credits 20

Compulsory courses
Course 1
MAAL 314007
Language in Society

Subjects
1

Sociology of language,
language variation

L
4

D
1

TP
50

TW
50

Credits
4

50

-50

Total
100
100

Module 1: SOCIOLOGY AND LANGUAGE

Module 2: LANGUAGE VARIATION
Objectives: at the end of this course the students will be able to
realize the relationship between language and society.
assess the role of language and politics and power games related to it.
understand the discourse patterns of a social situation
define the varieties of language and dialectology.
classify the notions of monolingualism, bilingualism and multilingualism

Sr. no.

Modules 1 and 2

Mod.1
2credits
Units
1.

sociology and language

2.

Bernstein correlation between social class and code. Language &

class, caste and class dialects

Concept of language boundaries.

Communicative competence: norms of verbal behaviour, address

and kinship terms.

5.

Language and politics and power games related to it. .

Sociology of language. Study of Speech as social interaction.

Language and Culture: Sapir Whorf Hypothesis

Mod.2
2credits
Units:

Class
hrs.
60
(30)

Language variation

(30)

Marks
100

Language

as

social

phenomenon,

Language

in

contact,

The concept of code switching, code mixing and borrowing in

language development.

Pidgin and Creole.

Language shift , change and language maintenance, language

death
Discourse Analysis and Conversation Analysis speech act theory

varieties

of

language

socialization.

language,

dialectology.

References;
Bourdieu, Pierre. 1977. The economics of linguistic exchanges. Social Science
Information 16(6):645-668.
Dorian, Nancy C. 1993. Discussion note: A response to Ladefogeds other view of
endangered languages. Language 69: 575-579.
Dementi-Leonard, Beth and Perry Gilmore. 1999. Language revitalization and identity
in social context: A community-based Athabascan language preservation project in
western interior Alaska. Anthropology & Education Quarterly. 30(1) 37-55.
Dorian, Nancy C. 2002. Commentary: Broadening the rhetorical and descriptive
horizons
in endangered-language linguistics. Journal of Linguistic Anthropology 12(2)
134-140.
Eckert, Penelope. 2008. Variation and the indexical field. Journal of Sociolinguistics 12:
453-476.
Eisenlohr, Patrick. 2004. Language revitalization and new technologies: Cultures of
electronic mediation and the refiguring of communities. Annual Review of
Anthropology 21-45.
Errington, Joseph. 2003. Getting language rights: The rhetorics of language
endangerment and loss. American Anthropologist 105:4):723-732.
Fasold ,R. [1990] Sociolinguistics of language. Basil Blackwell Oxford
Fishman, J. A. 1991. Reversing language Shift: Theory and Practice of Assistance to
Threatened Languages. Clevedon : Multilingual Matters.
Fishman, J. A. (ed.) 2001. Can Threatened Languages Be Saved? Reversing Language
Shift, Revisited: A 21st Century Perspective. Clevedon : Multilingual Matters.
Gramsci, Antonio 1971. Selections from the Prison Notebooks. International Publishers.
Gramsci, A. 2000. The Antonio Gramsci Reader edited by Forgacs D. NY: New York
University Press
Grenoble, L. A. and Whaley, L. J. 1998. Endangered Languages: Language Loss and
Community Response. Cambridge University Press.
Hale, Kenneth, Colette Craig, Nora England, Laverne Jeanne, Michael Krauss, Lucille
Watahomigie and Akira Yamamoto. 1992. Endangered Languages, Language 68:1-42
Hall, Kira. 2005. Intertextual sexuality: Parodies of class, identity, and desire in liminal
Delhi. Journal of Linguistic Anthropology 15(1): 125144.
Hasnain ,I.S. ed. [1995] Standardization and modernization: Dynamics of Language
Planning. Bahri Publications.New Delhi
Hinton, Leanne, 2003. Language revitalization. Annual review of applied linguistics.
Hinton, L., & Hale, K. (Eds.). 2001. The green book of language revitalization in
practice. San Diego: Academic Press.
Hudson, R.A. [1998] Sociolinguistics. CUP

Hymes D. 1973. Speech and Language: Origin of Inequality amongst speakers,

Daedalus Vol. 102 No. 3, Summer, 1973, Language as a Human Problem. The MIT
Press. http://www.jstor.org/stable/i20024138
Hymes D. 1974. Foundations in Sociolinguistics: An Ethnographic Approach,
Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press.
Hymes D. 1996. Ethnography, Linguistics, Narrative Inequality: Toward an
Understanding of Voice, London:Taylor & Francis.
Ives Peter 200). Gramscis Politics of Language:Engaging the Bakhtin Circle and the
Frankfurt School. Toronto: University of Toronto Press.
Ladefoged, Peter. 1992. Discussion note: Another view of endangered languages.
Language 68: 809-811.
Labov W. 1972. Sociolinguistic Patterns. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press.
Labov W. 1972. Language in the Inner City. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania
Press.
Labov W. 2001 Principles of Linguistic change. Volume I &II Oxford: Blackwell,
Labov W. 2001. Studies in Sociolinguistics by William Labov. Beijing: Beijing Language
and Culture.
Lemert Charles & Branaman A. (ed.) 1997. The Goffman Reader. Oxford: Blackwell.
Mey Jacob 1985. Whose Language? A study in Linguistic Pragmatics. Pragmatics and
Beyond Companion Series 3. John Benjamins B.V.
Mey Jacob 2001. Pragmatics: An Introduction. Oxford: Blackwell.
Meyerhoff, Miriam. (2006). Introducing Sociolinguistics. New York: Routledge. ISBN 0415-39948-3
Milroy, Lesley and Gordon. Matthew. (2003) Sociolinguistics: Method and
Interpretation London: Blackwell Publishing. ISBN 0-631-22225-1. (More advanced,
but has lots of good examples and describes research methodologies to use.)
Misthrie, R. et al.[2000] Introducing Sociolinguistics Edinburgh University Press.
Mooney A, Peccei J, Labelle S. et. all 2001. The Language, Society and Power Reader.
NY: Routledge.
Nettle, D. and Romaine, S. 2000. Vanishing Voices. Oxford University Press.
Nonaka, Angela M. 2004. The forgotten endangered languages: Lessons on the
importance of remembering from Thailands Ban Khor Sign Language. Language in
Society 33:737-767.
Pandit P.B. [1972] India as a Sociolinguistic Area. University of Poona, Pune
Reyhner, J. (ed.) 1999. Revitalizing indigenous languages. Flagstaff, AZ : Northern
Arizona University, Center for Excellence in Education.
Rindstedt, Camilla and Karin Aronsson. 2002. Growing up monolingual in a bilingual
community: The Quichua revitalization paradox. Language in Society. 31:721-742.
Santucci, Antonio A. 2010. Antonio Gramsci. Monthly Review Press.
Skutnabb-Kangas T 2008. Linguistic Genocide in Education or Worldwide Diversity
and Human Rights? Delhi: Orient Blackswan.
Warner, Sam L. Noeau. 1999. Kuleana: The right, responsibility and authority of
indigenous peoples to speak and make decisions for themselves in language and
cultural revitalization. Anthropology & Education Quarterly 30(1):68-93.
UNESCO Ad Hoc Committee on Endangered Languages, Language vitality and
endangerment: By way of introduction. UNESCO document.
Van Dijk T.A. 2011. Discourse Studies. London: Sage Publications.
Voloshinov, V. 1986. Marxism and the Philosophy of Language. Trans. by Matejka L. &
Titunik I. Seminar Press in liason with Harvard University Press and Academic Press
Inc. 1973.
Wardugh, R.[ 1993] An Introduction to Sociolinguistics Blackwell Oxford.
Wolfram, Walt and Natalie Schilling-Estes. 1995. Moribund dialects and the
endangerment
canon: The case of the Ocracoke brogue. Language 71(4):696-721.
Wub-e-ke-niew. 1995. We have a right to exist: A translation of aboriginal indigenous
thought. New York: Black Thistle Press.

Yang, Jie. 2010. The crisis of masculinity: Class, gender, and kindly power in post-Mao
China. American Ethnologist 37(3): 550 - 562.

Course 2
MAAL 314008
Theories of Media communication
Areas of application in mass media

Subjects
1

Theories of Media
communication and
discourse analysis,
Areas of application in
mass media

L
4

D
1

TP
50

TW
50

Credits
4

Total
100

50

-50

100

60 hrs class lectures, 4 credits Marks: 100.

Module 3: THEORIES OF COMMUNICATION
Module 4: AREAS OF APPLICATIONS IN MASS MEDIA

Objectives; at the end of this course the students will be able to

Analyze different theories in communication.

Acquaint with different areas of mass media.
Evaluate the role of language in it.
Use different components script writing, dubbing, story board effectively

Detailed syllabus:
Sr.no.
Mod. 3
2 credits
Units:
1

Modules 3 and 4
theories of communication

Barriers of Communication

Different types of media: print, oral, audiovisual and electronic. Film/TV

Media grammar & Discourse Analysis

mod.4
2credits
units:

Factors of effectiveness, rhythm intonation,

pause, choice of lexical and syntactic items,
gestures and body language.

Areas of applications in mass media

Components of communication in mass mediastructure of story, story board, script writing,

dubbing, editing,.

Class hrs
60
(30)

Marks
100
50

(30)

50

Theories of Communication

Classic structure of story. Genres of films

Components of system of communication in

mass media.

Development of communication and different

styles of language use.
Impact of mass media and information
technology on language .The study of their
inter relationship.
Media audience, portrayal of women in media,
male gaze

References:
Bell A. (1999) The language of news media, Blackwell, London
Fatehih A.R. (2000). Language in Media in R.S.Gupta Directions in Indian
Sociolinguistics. IIAS Shimla.
Gration, Geoff, John Reilly and John Titford (1998) Communication and media studies:
An introductory coursebook Macmillan, London
Krishnamurti B.H. and A. Mukherjee Ed. (1984) Modernization of Indian languages in
News media. Osmania University Press. Hyderabad.
Lee D. (1992). Competing Discourses. Longman. London
Levinson S. (1985). Pragmatics. New York OUP
Sproul, Anna (1986) The role of the media (Debates series) Macdonald, London
Tannen D [1990] You just dont understand: women and men in conversation. New
York Morrow.

course 3 MAAL - 314 009

Introduction to research and statistics.

SR.
NO.
4

Subjects
Techniques of research and
statistics

L
4

D
1

TP
50

TW
50

Credits

50

50

Total
100
100

Objectives at the end of this course the students will be able to

Study research methodology

Apply theory, norms etc. Of research.
Get trained in field techniques.
Practice in field- work, analysis of data writing, and writing a dissertation
Learn statistical methods and apply them to analyze research data.
Apply the techniques of testing.

Sr. no.
Mod.1
3credits
Units
1

Modules 1 and 2
Techniques of research

Reliability and validity in research.

Methods: experimental,(psychometry),ethnography,case
study,interaction analysis, classroom observation,

programme evaluation.

Procedure elicitation techniques and tools employed in

language research: survey, observation, interview,
questionnaire,

Fieldwork techniques, statistical methods and

quantification.

Data collection, documentation and analysis: case

studies.

mod.2
units.
1.

Class hrs.
60
(50)

Marks
100

Research tradition in Applied Linguistics.

Types of research: qualitative ,quantitative, descriptive..
process of research.

(10)

Statistics
Techniques of data collection.

Different types of variables.

Interpretation of data collected.

Mean, median, mode, standard deviation, and co-relation.

Testing techniques: T-test, chi square test and Enova test

References:
Barlett, L. et. al. (1982) Perspectives on case study, Geelong, Australia: Deakin
University Press
Bell, J. (1987) Doing your research project, Milton Keynes, Open University Press,
England
Doughty, C. and J. Williams [eds] (1998) Focus on classroom second language
acquisition, Cambridge: CUP
Ellis (2000) Task based research and language pedagogy, Language Teaching
Research. Special Issue in Tasks in Language Pedagogy.
Hatch, F. & Enclady, H. (1982) Research Design and Statistics for applied linguistics.
Newbury House Rowley Manor.
Nunan, David.[1995] Research Methods in Language Learning. CUP
Wray, Alison, et al [1998] Projects in Linguistics. A Practical Guide to Researching
Language. New York: Arnold.

Select any two courses from the following:

Course 4
MAAL -314107
Language planning and policy making.
Subjects
1

Language planning
policy making,

L
4

D
1

TP
50

TW
50

Credits
4

Total
100

50

50

100

and

Module 1: LANGUAGE PLANNING AND POLICY MAKING.

Objectives: at the end of this course the students will be able to

Realize the need for language planning and policy making for societal development.
Understand the phenomenon of india as a linguistic area.
Realize the need for communicative integration.
Examine sociolinguistic concerns to minority languages
Understand the phenomenon of language ethnicity and related problems.

Detailed syllabus:
Sr.no
Subject
Class hrs
Mod.1
Language planning and policy making.
60
Credits2
(30)
Units:
1
Concept and Types of monolingualism, bilingualism and
multilingualism.
2

Language planning, its goals. Language ideology &

policy making. in reference to Indian scenario,

Types of language planning- status and corpus

Standardization. And modernization of languages

Diaglossia.

5.

Role of language planning and policy making in

education and governmental activities in Indian context

Mod.2
credits 2
units
1.

Sociolinguistic concerns related to the areas;.

Linguistic imperialism and language identity, ethnicity,

Minority languages and their survival.

Language prestige and Linguistic and social inequality

Language and Sex

Language & ethnography,

(30)

Marks
100

50

References:

Bastardas-Boada, Albert. "Language planning and language ecology: Towards a

theoretical integration", 2000.
Cobarrubius, Juan & Joshua Fishman, eds. Progress in Language Planning:
International Perspective. The Hague: Mouton, 1983.
Cooper, R. L. Language Planning and Social Change. New York: Cambridge University
Press, 1989.
Hasnain, I. S. [1995] Standardization and Modernization. Dynamics of Language
Planning. Bahri Publications: New Delhi.
Hatinchinson, T. and A. Waters.[1991] English for Specific Purposes. CUP
Gupta, R.S. ed. [2000] Directions in Indian Sociolinguistics. AIIS Shimla
Labov, W. (2001). Principles of Linguistic Changes: Social Factors. Malden, MA:
Blackwell Publishers.
Lakoff, Robin T. (2000). The Language War. Berkely, CA: University of California
Press. ISBN 0-520-21666-0
Paulston, Christina Bratt and G. Richard Tucker, editors. 1997. The early days of
sociolinguistics: memories and reflections. (Publications in Sociolinguistics, 2.) Dallas:
Summer Institute of Linguistics.
Pennycook, Alistair [1994] the Cultural Politics of English as International Language.
London: Longman. Philipson, R. [1992] Linguistic Imperialism Oxford: OUP
Rubin, Joan, Bjrn H. Jernudd, Jyotirindra Das Gupta, Joshua A. Fishman and Charles
A. Ferguson, eds. Language Planning Processes. The Hague: Mouton Publishers, 1977.
Trudgill, Peter. (2000). Sociolinguistics: An Introduction to Language and Society(4th
Ed.). London: Penguin Books. ISBN 0-14-028921-6 This book is a very readable, if
Anglo-centric, introduction for the non-linguist.
Watts, Richard J. (2003). Politeness. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN
978-0-521-79406-0. A sociolinguistics book specializing in the research in politeness.
It's a little tough at times, but very helpful and informational.

Course 5
MAAL 314108
Media semiotics
Subjects
1

L
4

D
1

TP
50

TW
50

Credits
4

Total
100

50

50

100

Media semiotics theory:

60 hrs class lectures, 4 credits Marks: 100.

Module 1: media semiotics theory.
Module 2 application to print, electronic media
Objectives; at the end of this course the students will be able to

Analyze different theories of semiotics

Apply them to different genres of media
Use parameters of intertexuality to evaluate the effectiveness of different media.
Critically examine the effects of media on society.

Detailed syllabus:
Sr.no.

Subject

Mod.1
Credits 2
Units:
1

media semiotics theories

Components of the Sign, Verbal and Non-verbal Signs,

Sequence of Linguistic Signs, Visual Signs, Denotation,

Connotation and Myth, Myth and Social Meanings, Myth and

Ideology.
Concept of codes Social and textual codes

Intertexuality and parameters for evaluation in media

mod.2
credits 2
units:
1

Application of semiotic theories with reference to;

Advertisements

Magazines
Womens magazines

Films
TV

Media Audience Psychology.

Effects of media on society

Class
hrs.
60
(30)

Saussure, Peirce, and Barthes theories of media semiotics. Sign systems,

Newspapers

(30)

Marks
100

References:
Allen, r. (ed.) . 1992. Channels of discourse, reassembled . London : routledge.
Alvardo, m. And thompson, j. (edt.) .1990. The media reader. London : bfi.
Andrew, d. 1984. Concepts in film theory. Oxford: oxford university press.
Ballaster, r.m., frazer, beetham e., and hebron, s. 1991. Womens worlds: ideology,
Femininity, and the womens magazine. London: macmillan.
Barthes, roland. 1957/1987 . Mythologies . New york : hill and wang. 1977. Imagemusic- text . London : fontana.
Berger, arthur asa. 1998. Media analysis techniques. London , new delhi : sage
Publications.
Bignell, jonathan. 1997. Media semiotics : an introduction. Manchester : manchester
University press.
Branston, g. And stafford, r. 1996. The media students book. London: routledge.
Carter, R. And Nash, W. 1990. Seeing Through Language. Oxford: Blackwell
Chandler, Daniel. 2002. Semiotics : The Basics . London : Routledge.
Cook, G. 1992. The Discourse of Advertising. London: Routledge.
Corner, J. 1995. Television Form and Public Address. London: Edward Arnold.
Danesi, Marcel. 2000. Encyclopedic Dictionary of Semiotics, Media and
Communications. Toronto: University of Toronto Press. ---------.2002.
Understanding Media Semiotics. Bloomsbury, USA & Hodder Education Publishers.
Deely, John. 1990. Basics of Semiotics. Bloomington & Indianapolis : Indiana
University Press.
Van Dijk, T. 1988. News as Discourse. Hillsdale: Erlbaum.
Eco, Umberto. 1976. A Theory of Semiotics. Bloomington : Indiana University Press.--------- 1994.
The Limits of Interpretation . Bloomington : Indiana University Press.
Fiske, J. 1987. Television Culture. London: Routledge.
Fiske, J. 1990 (Second Edition). Introduction to Communication Studies. London and
New York : Routledge.
Foucault, Michel. 1994. Aesthetics : Method and Epistemology. Ed. James Faubion.
London : Penguin Books.
Fowler, R. 1991. Language in the News: Discourse and Ideology in the Press. London:
Routledge.
Gibbs, R.W. Jr. 1994. The Poetics of Mind : Figurative Thought , Language and
Understanding . Cambridge : Cambridge University Press.
Goddard, A. 1998. The Language of Advertising. New York: Routledge.
Goldman, R. 1992. Reading Ads Socially. London: Routledge.
Guiraud, P. 1975. Semiology. Trans. George Gross. London : Routledge and Kegan
Paul.
Hall, S.D., Lowe , Hobson, A., and Willis, P. 1980. Culture, Media, Language. London:
Hutchinson.
Hartley, J. 1982. Understanding News. London: Methuen.
Hervey, Sandor. 1982. Semiotic Perspectives . London : George Allen and Unwin.
Hodge, R. and Kress, G. 1988. Social Semiotics. New York : Cornell University Press.
Innis, R.E. 1985. Semiotics : An Introductory Reader. London : Hutchinson.
Jensen, Klaus Bruhn. 1995. The Social Semiotics of Mass Communication. London :
Sage.
Kress, Gunther and Theo van Leeuwen . 1996. Reading Images : The Grammar of
Visual Design. London : Routledge.
Lakoff, George and Mark Johnson. 1980. Metaphors We Live By. Chicago : University of
Chicago Press.
Lotman, Yuri. 1990. Universe of the Mind : A Semiotic Theory of Culture. Bloomington
& Indianapolis: Indiana University Press.
Mc Loughlin, Linda. 2000. The Language of Magazines. London and New York :
Routledge.

Mertz, E. and R.J. Parmentier . (eds.) .1985. Semiotic Mediation : Sociocultural and
Psychological Perspectives. London : Academic Press Inc.
Metz, C. 1974. Language and Cinema. (trans. D. Umiker Sebeok). The Hague:
Mouton.
Miall, D.S. (ed.) 1982. Metaphor : Problems and Perspectives. Sussex : The Harvester
Press.
Monaco, J. 1981. How to Read a Film. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Noth, W. 1995. Handbook of Semiotics . Bloomington : Indiana University Press.
Ortony, A.(ed.) 1980. Metaphor and Thought . Cambridge : Cambridge University
Press.
Parret, Herman. 1983. Semiotics and Pragmatics. Amsterdam : John Benjamins.
Peirce, C.S. 1931-58. Collected Writings . (8 Vols.). Eds. C. Hartshorne , P. Weis and
Arthur W. Burks. Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press.
Petofi, Janos S. (ed.) 1988. Text and Discourse Constitution : Empirical Aspects,
Theoretical Approaches. Berlin and New York : Walter de Gruter.
Saussure, Ferdinand de . 1916/1974. Course in General Linguistics.Trans. Wade
Baskin. London : Fontana/ Collins.
Scholes, R. 1982. Semiotics and Interpretation. New Haven : Yale University Press.
Sebeok, T.A. 1994. Signs : An Introduction to Semiotics. Toronto : University of
Toronto Press.
Sebeok, T.A. , and M. Danesi. 2000. The Forms of Meaning : Modeling Systems Theory
and Semiotic Analysis . Berlin : Mouton de Gruyter.
Sebeok, T.A. 2001. Global Semiotics. Bloomington : Indiana University Press.
Stam, R., Burgoyne, R., Flitterman-Lewis, S. 1992. New Vocabularies in Film
Semiotics:
Structuralism, Post-Structuralism and Beyond. London: Routledge.
Strinati, D. and Wagg, S. (Edt.). 1987. Come on Down? Popular Media, Culture and
Post-war Britain. London: Routledge.
Turner, G. 1993. Film as Social Practice. London: Routledge.
White, R. 1988. Advertising: What It Is and How To Do It. London: McGraw Hill.
Williamson, Judith. 1978. Decoding Advertisements : Ideology and Meaning in
Advertisement. London : Marion Boyars Publishers Inc.

Optional course III

Course 6
MAAL 314109
Lexicography
Module 1 [D]: LEXICOGRAPHY I
Module 2: TYPES OF DICTIONARIES
Lexicography , types of dictionaries
Subjects
1

L
4

D
1

TP
50

TW
50

Credits
4

Total
100

Lexicography , types of
dictionaries
4

50

50

100

Objectives; at the end of this course the students will be able to

realize the potential of dictionary as a source of knowledge in vocabulary as well as
cultural sources.
develop awareness of the systematic approach to the development of vocabulary.
get exposure to different facets of information available in different dictionaries
prepare dictionary
Detailed syllabus:
Sr.no.
subject
Mod.1
Lexicography
2credits
units:
1
Theory of lexicology and lexicography.
2

Principles of lexicography according to different types

of dictionaries.

Scope and application of lexicographical principles.

mod.2
2credits
units:
1

Art and Science of dictionary making

Lexical entries- phonological, morphological and

grammatical structures

types of dictionaries- monolingual, bilingual,

multilingual and thesaurus

Specialized dictionaries:
Comprehensive and concise dictionaries.
Academic and learners dictionaries.
Historical and etymological dictionaries, register
based dictionaries.

Process of dictionary making- field work and data

collection

Class hrs
60
(30)

(30)

marks
100

References:
Atkins, B.T.S. and A. Zampolli (1994) Computational approaches to lexicon OUP
Hartmann, R.R.K. (1983) Lexicography: principles and practice Academic Press, New
York
Landau S, I. (1989) Dictionaries: the art and craft of lexicography CUP
Singh, R.A. Introduction to lexicography CIIL, Mysore
Zgusta, L. (1971) Manual of Lexicography The Hague/Paris, Mouton
Semester IV total credits 20
Code -414888
I. Research 8 credits
Research Proposal
Dissertation
Presentation/ Viva voce

Marks 200
2 Credits
Marks 50
4 Credits
Marks 100
2 Credits
Marks 50

II. Internship 8 Credits

Marks 200

Code 414999
III. Select one course from the following:
Course I
MAAL 414110
Translation theory and practice.
Subjects
1

History theory of
translation, process and
problems of translation

L
4

D
1

TP
50

TW
50

Credits
4

Total
100

50

50

100

Module 1 [C]: HISTORY THEORY AND TYPES OF TRANSLATION Module 2:

PROCESSES AND PROBLEMS OF TRANSLATION
Objectives; at the end of this course the students will be able to
gain knowledge of the role of different theories in translation.
assess the role of linguistic knowledge and the factors of translatability.
get acquainted with different types of translations.
identify the problematic areas of translation as an art from.
develop strategies to deal with problems of translation

Detailed syllabus
Sr.no.
subject
Mod.1
Credits2
Units:
1

History and theory of translation

Historical development of these theories.

Structural, cognitive and communicative theories of EEExact Equivalence.

Different types of translation

mod.2
credit 2
units:
1.

Processes and problems of translation

Language form of the source and target language and role

of grammar in

3
4
5

Class
hrs
60
(30)

Marks.
100

Different theories of translation.

Different processes of translation.

(30)

interpretation.
Tools of translation
Problems in translation- media problems, problems of
translating cultural and scientific terms, idioms, metaphors
and proverbs.
Evaluation of translation

References:
Bassnetts, S. and A. Lefevre (eds.) (1990) Translation, history and culture [Pinter
Publishers, London]
Bassnetts, S. [1988] Translation Studies. London Routledge.
Biguenet, J. and R.Shulte. eds. [1989] The Craft of Translation University of Chicago
Press
Gupta, R.S. (ed.) (2000) On literary translation Institute of Advanced Studies,
Shimla.
Henderik Van Gorp. Ed. [1986] Translation and Literature Genre Theohermans
Mukherji, Sunit. [1981] Translation as Discovery and other Essays. New Delhi: Allied
Publishers.
Newmark. P. (1988) A textbook of translation, Prentice Hall, Hampstead
Nida, E.A. (1975) Language structure and translation SUP, Stanford
Singh, U.N. (ed.) (1998) The second turn: papers on literary translation Bahari
Publications, New Delhi
Talgeri, Pramod and S.B. Verma eds. [1988] Literature in Translation. Bombay :
Popular Prakashan.
Van der Broeck R. [1986] Second Thoughts in Translation Criticism Theohermans..

Course II.
MAAL 414111
Stylistics

Subjects
1

Theoretical background of
stylistics, stylistic devices.

L
4

D
1

TP
50

TW.
50

Credits
4

Total
100

50

-50

100

Module1 [F]: THEORETICAL BACKGROUND OF STYLISTICS

Module 2 [F]: STYLISTIC DEVICES
Objectives: at the end of this course the students will be able to
Realize the role of stylistics as a semiotic system in the context of language studies.
Identify relationship between linguistics and literary criticism
Distinguish between semiotics as a formal science and stylistics as practical science.
Apply knowledge of stylistics in various fields of language use.
Develop insight and perspective in analysis of literary texts
Detailed syllabus
Sr.no.

subject

Mod.1
Credits 2
Units :
1
2

Theoretical background of stylistics

Stylistics and literary criticism. Structuralism, post

structuralism, structure, texture and cohesion.

Jacobsons concept of poetic function, principles of

equivalence, selection and contiguity.

Ordinary language and language of literature.

Mod.2
credits 2
units :
1

Stylistic devices

Stylistic devices- foregrounding, parallelism, verbal

repetition, coupling, analogy, deviation etc

3.

devices for prose- mind style, types of speech patterns in

dramatic discourse and narrative discourse

4
5.

Class
hrs
60
(30)

Stylistics: scope and definition.

Relationship between language and literature.

Identifying stylistic markers.

Indian theories of style- Riti and Guna: Vaidarbhi and Gaudi,

Panchali
Principles of style-Rasa, Dhavani and Vakrokti, vakrokti as
deviation, metaphor and metonymy as alamkara, similies as
the basis of all alamkara

(30)

Marks
100

References:
Bradford R. [19997] Stylistics London: Routledge.
Collie Joanne & Stephen Slater: (1990).Literature in language classroom. C.U.P.
Culler, J. [1975] Structuralist Poetics; structuralism, linguistics and the study of
literature. London: Routledge and Kegan Paul
Dhongde, R.V.: (1985).Marathi bhasha ani shaili. Dilipraj Prakashan. Poona.
Dhongde, R.V.: (1991).Atmalakshi samiksha. Dilipraj Prakashan. Poona.
Dhongde, R.V.: (1996).Shailivaidnyanic samiksha. Dilipraj Prakashan. Poona.
Enkvist, N.E., Spencer,J. and Gregory, M.J. (1981).Linguistics and style. CUP.
Fowler, R. [1977] Linguistics and the Novel. London: Methuen
Gargesh, R. [1990] Linguistic Perspective of Literary Style. Delhi: University of Delhi
Press.
Garvin ,P.L. Ed. [1964] a Prague school Reader on Aesthetics, literary structure and
style. Washington DC: Georgetown University Press.
Hough, G. : (1964). Style and stylistics. Routledge & Kegan Paul. London.
Maley, A & A. Duff : (1990). The inward ear. C.U.P.
Mukarovsky, J. [1964] Standard language Poetic Language. in Garvin, P.L. Ed. [1964]
[1964] The Aesthetics of Language in Garvin ,P.L. Ed. [1964]
Richards, I.A.: (1929).Practical criticism. Routeledge & Kegan Paul. London.
Sebeok, T.A. [ed.] : . (1960). Literary style: a symposium. MIT Press. Cambridge.
Sharma, V.P. (1990) Stylistics of figurative language Delhi University Press,New Delhi
Sood, S.C.: (1988).English language and literature teaching. Ajanta Publishing House,
New Delhi.
Srivastava, R.N. (1993) Studies in language and linguistics, Vol 2: stylistics Kalinga
Publications, Delhi
Suresh Kumar (1987) Stylistics and text analysis Bahari Publications, New Delhi
Suresh Kumar (1988) Stylistics and language teaching. New Delhi. Kalinga.
Tuffe, V. (1971) Grammar as style. N.Y., Rinehart & Winston.
Turner, G.W. : (1973).Stylistics. Penguin.
Ullman, S. : (1973) Style and meaning. Oxford. Basil Blackwell.
Course III
MAAL 414112
Language and gender
Subjects
1

Language and gender.

L
4

D
1

TP
50

TW.
50

Credits
4

Total
100

50

-50

100

Modeule1. Language and gender.

Module 2. power politics and inequality
Objectives: at the end of this course the students will be able to;
develop critical perspective of the concept of language and gender
examine relationship between power and inequality
assess the role of language as an oppressive tool in society

Sr.no.

subject

Mod.1
Credits 2
Units :
1

Language and gender

Relationship between language and gender.

Differences between male and female language. Deficit,

dominance, difference theory.

Approaches to language and gender: variationist,

interactional, critical pragmatics, critical discourse
perspectives.

Aspects of social conditioning

Mod.2
credits 2
units :
1

Language and power politics and inequality

Language and the Social construction of self

3.

Language as hegemony

Language as a tool for suppression and manipulation

5.

Language as emancipation
Relationship between social interaction and social structure

Class
hrs
60
(30)

Language as a sexist phenomenon. Definition of gender

Role of language in creating social inequality.

(30)

Marks
100

References:

Besnier, Niko. 2007. Language and gender research at the intersection of the global
and the local. Gender and Language 1(1): 67-78.
Dementi-Leonard, Beth and Perry Gilmore. 1999. Language revitalization and identity
in social context: A community-based Athabascan language preservation project in
western interior Alaska. Anthropology & Education Quarterly. 30(1) 37-55.
Eckert, Penelope and Sally McConnell-Ginet. 1992. Think practically and look locally:
Language and gender as community-based practice. Annual Review of
Anthropology 21: 461-488.
Eisenlohr, Patrick. 2004. Language revitalization and new technologies: Cultures of
electronic mediation and the refiguring of communities. Annual Review of Anthropology
21-45.
Errington, Joseph. 2003. Getting language rights: The rhetorics of language
endangerment and loss. American Anthropologist 105:4):723-732.
Hall, Kira. 2005. Intertextual sexuality: Parodies of class, identity, and desire in liminal
Delhi. Journal of Linguistic Anthropology 15(1): 125144.
Hymes D. 1973. Speech and Language: Origin of Inequality amongst speakers,
Daedalus Vol. 102 No. 3, Summer, 1973, Language as a Human Problem. The MIT
Press. http://www.jstor.org/stable/i20024138
Ives Peter 200). Gramscis Politics of Language:Engaging the Bakhtin Circle and the
Frankfurt School. Toronto: University of Toronto Press.
Ives Peter 2004. Language and Hegemony in Gramsci. London: Pluto Press/Fernwood.
Janet Holmes and Miriam Meyerhoff (eds.), 2003. The handbook of language and
gender. Malden: Blackwell Publishing
Labov W. 1972. Sociolinguistic Patterns. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press.
Labov W. 1972. Language in the Inner City. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania
Press.
Labov W. 2001 Principles of Linguistic change. Volume I &II Oxford: Blackwell,
Macaulay, Ronald K.S. 2005. Talk that counts: Age, gender, and social class differences
in discourse. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Mey Jacob 1985. Whose Language? A study in Linguistic Pragmatics. Pragmatics and
Beyond Companion Series 3. John Benjamins B.V.
Mey Jacob 2001. Pragmatics: An Introduction. Oxford: Blackwell.
Mills S. and Mullany L. 2011. Language, Gender and Feminism. NY: Routledge.
Mooney A, Peccei J, Labelle S. et. all 2001. The Language, Society and Power Reader.
NY: Routledge.
Nettle, D. and Romaine, S. 2000. Vanishing Voices. Oxford University Press.
Yang, Jie. 2010. The crisis of masculinity: Class, gender, and kindly power in post-Mao
China. American Ethnologist 37(3): 550 - 562.

The areas for internship have been decided as such:

Teaching English at corporate sectors / students from SNDTW University
Indian languages as Marathi/ Gujarati as second language.
Hindi as foreign language
Media script writing
E content writing
Language editing in publishing houses
Translation bureau
Language analysis
Ali yavar jung Institute for Hearing Impaired
TIFR
IIT linguistics dept.
Directorate of languages
Lexicography assistance