ENG 122
Introduction to Linguistics
Department of Humanities and Social Sciences
Lecture:
Timing:
Monday, Wednesday and Thursday.
17:10 to 18.00
Tutorial:
Timing:
Tuesday
17:10 to 18:00
Topics to be covered
 What is language?
 Language as a cognitive faculty
 Language as a social artifact
 Language and communication
 Natural language and artificial language
 Natural language and animal communication systems
 Evolution of language
 Linguistics as a language science
 Ancient Indian linguistics
 Language and society
 Applying linguistics to computer processing of natural language
 Other practical applications of linguistics
Attendance Policy
A minimum of 75% attendance to be eligible to appear for mid-semester and
end-semester exam. In case a student is found short of the requirement, she/he
will be recommended for deregistration.
Refer to UG Manual pg. no. 31
Suggested Reading (not compulsory)
Langacker, Ronald W. 1968. Some Fundamental Linguistic Concepts. Harcourt,
Brace and World: New York.
Radford, Andrew. 1999. Linguistics: An Introduction. Cambridge University
Press: Cambridge.