For information and guidelines regarding the duration of the course, the number of courses and credit requirements per semester, and eligibility requirements for the awarding of the degree and related matters the students are advised to consult the relevant Academic Ordinances of the University. Given below is the list of courses for M. Phil. Offered by the Centre and some of the major areas of research.
New Issues and Themes in Biolinguistics
This course is a survey of current research in areas and issues in Biolinguistics. It also proposes to cover a variety of approaches to language design (as a biological system) and the evolution of language. Some of the major areas of research will be covered in the following sections:
Acquisition of speech and language
Cognition and perception studies through different disorders of communication.
Studies in lateralization and localization of language in brain through imaging techniques.
Genes and language/speech.
Speech and voice patterns of genetically related people
Language and evolution
List of Courses For M. Phil
Students are required to take any four courses in the first two semesters of the programme
| Course No. |
Title |
Credits |
| LE601 | Research Methodology | 4 |
| LE602 | Structure of Contemporary English | 4 |
| LE603 | Applied English Linguistics | 4 |
| LE604 | Literature in India | 4 |
| LE605 | Phonology and Syntax of English | 4 |
| LE606 | Teaching of English in India | 4 |
| LE607 | Stylistics and Discourse Analysis | 4 |
| LE608 | History and Development of English Language | 4 |
| LE612 | Semiotics of Creative Process in Language & Literature | 4 |
| LE613 | Seminar | 4 |
| LE615 | Readings in Linguistics | 4 |
| LE618 | Indian English in its Socio-cultural & Historical Setting | 4 |
| LE620 | Socio-linguistics | 4 |
| LE622 | Lexicography | 4 |
| LE623 | Theoretical Issues in Syntax and Semantics | 4 |
| LE625 | Areal Linguistics and Language Typology | 4 |
| LE626 | Indian Linguistic Tradition | 4 |
| LE629 | Structuralism and Literary Critique | 4 |
| LE630 | Structures of Lesser Known Languages | 4 |
| LE631 | Saussure and Semiology | 4 |
| LE632 | Glossematics and the Danish School Linguistics | 4 |
| LE633 | Conceptual Structures in Language, Literature, Art and Culture | 4 |
| LE635 | Semantics: Language and Cultural Perception | 4 |
| LE636 | Vakyapadiya: Philosophy of Language and Linguistics | 4 |
| LE637 | Applied Linguistics | 4 |
| LE638 | Readings in Natural Language Processing | 4 |
| LE639 | Indian Linguistic Tradition | 4 |
| LE641 | Pedagogical Theory and Practice | 4 |
| LE642 | Cognitive Linguistics | 4 |
| LE644 | First Language Acquisition: Issues of Methodology & Analysis | 4 |
| LE645 | Linguistics and the Human Sciences | 4 |
| LE646 | Language and Interpretation | 4 |
| LE647 | Language Contact and Language Convergence | 4 |
| LE648 | Montague Grammar | 4 |
| LE649 | Computational Semantics | 4 |
| LE653 | Formal Methods in Computational Linguistics | 4 |
| LE654 | Topics in Formal Semantics | 4 |
| LE655 | Speech Sciences and their Application | 4 |
| LE656 | English in Contact | 4 |
| LE658 | Socio-linguistics: Issues and Perspectives | 4 |
| LE663 | Post-structuralism | 4 |
| LE664 | Issues and Themes in Biolinguistics | 4 |
| LE667 | Language Documentation | 4 |
The Centre has awarded more than 82 M.Phil.s and 52 Ph.D.s in the subject so far.