BASLP 1st Semester Notes  » Paper 4: Linguistics and Phonetics

Unit 1: Linguistics

• Introduction to linguistics and different branches of linguistics: applied linguistics, sociolinguistics, psycholinguistics, metalinguistics, neurolinguistics and clinical linguistics
• Language characteristics and functions, difference between animal communication systems and human language
• Morphology – concepts of morph, allomorph, morpheme, bound free and compound forms, roots etc.
• Processes of word formation, content and function words
• Endocentric and exocentric constructions, form classes, grammatical categories
• Inflection and derivation, paradigmatic and syntagmatic relationship
• Principles and practices of morphemic analysis
• Langue versus parole
• Competence vs. performance