Sociolinguistics:
• Sociolinguistics-definitions, origins, approaches
• Dimensions of Variation in Language
• Multilingualism
• Language Identity, Power and Politics
• Language Culture and View of the World
• Social Literacy
• Non-native varieties of English
• Endangered Languages of the World
• Language Planning
• Methods for studying Sociolinguistics
Psycholinguistics:
• Introduction to Psycholinguistics
• Basic Language Abilities of Speakers
• Watson's Word Association Theory
• Staat's Word Class Association Theory
• Skinner’s Sentence Frame Theory
• Fries' Sentence Frame Theory
• Chomsky's Grammar Schema Theory
• Frame Theory
• Script Theory
• Chomsky’s Rationalism
• Language and Thought
• Sapir-Whorf Hypothesis
• Child Language Acquisition
• Second Language Acquisition and Teaching
Reading List:
Hudson, R.A 1983 Sociolinguistics. GB. CUP
Holmes, J. (1992) An Introduction to Sociolinguistics. USA. Longman,
Suzanne Romaine. 1995. Bilingualism (2nd Ed). Oxford: Basil Blackwell
Hudson, R.A. 1996 Socio-linguistics. CUP
Auer, Peter (Ed) 1998. Code-switching in Conversation: Language Interaction and Identity. London: Routledge
Trudgill, P. 2002. Introduction to Language and Society
Wardhaugh, R. 2006. An Introduction to Sociolinguistics. Oxford: Basil Blackwell
Bertolo, S. (2001) Language Acquisition and Learnability. Cambridge: C.P.U
Crystal, D. (19.87). The Cambridge Encyclopedia of Language. Cambridge, New York. C.P.U
Foley, J and Thompson, L. (2003) Language Learning. Oxford: Oxford Univ. Press
Garman, M. (1990) Psycholinguistics. Cambridge: C.P.U
McLaughlin, S. (1998) Introduction to Language Development. London: Singular Publishing Group
Narasimhan, R. (1998) Language Behavior. New Delhi: Sage Publication India
Sharma, A. (2002) Psychology of Language Learning. Delhi: Global Vision Pub. House
Steinberg, D. (1982) Psycholinguistics. London and New York: Longman
Tomasello, M and Bates, E. (2001) Language Development. London: Singular Pub. Group
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