NPTEL : NOC:Basics of Language Science (Humanities and Social Sciences)

Co-ordinators : Prof. Rajesh Kumar


Lecture 1 - Introduction

Lecture 2 - Goals and Objectives

Lecture 3 - Fundamentals of the Course

Lecture 4 - Language and Linguistics

Lecture 5 - Aspects of Language

Lecture 6 - Language of Continuum

Lecture 7 - I-Language and E-Language

Lecture 8 - Language Acquisition

Lecture 9 - Learning and Acquisition

Lecture 10 - Structure of Language (Sounds)

Lecture 11 - Vocal Apparatus and Salient Features of Sounds

Lecture 12 - Places and Manners of Articulations of Sounds

Lecture 13 - Phonotactic Rules and Word Formation

Lecture 14 - Making of a Word: Rules and Constraints

Lecture 15 - What Makes a Sentence?

Lecture 16 - Components of a Sentence

Lecture 17 - Grammaticality vs Acceptability

Lecture 18 - Subject and Predicate

Lecture 19 - Verb and Object

Lecture 20 - Phrase Structure

Lecture 21 - X Bar Theory

Lecture 22 - Specifier and Complement

Lecture 23 - Complements and Adjuncts

Lecture 24 - Components of a Verb Phrase

Lecture 25 - Categories and Selectional Restrictions on Verbs

Lecture 26 - Thematic Relations

Lecture 27 - Concept of Case in Natural Language

Lecture 28 - Morphological and Abstract Case

Lecture 29 - Structural Case

Lecture 30 - Exceptional Case Marking

Lecture 31 - Movement (Displacement of Constituents) in Natural Language

Lecture 32 - Motivation for Movement of Language Constituents

Lecture 33 - Movement of Constituents in Interrogative Sentences

Lecture 34 - Displacement of Noun Phrases in Passive Constructions

Lecture 35 - NP Movement and Raising of Constituents

Lecture 36 - Noun Phrase Interpretations in Binding Theory

Lecture 37 - Principles of Binding Theory

Lecture 38 - Constraints on Displacement of Constituents

Lecture 39 - Negation in the Structure of Language

Lecture 40 - Negation and Negative Polarity Items in Natural Language

Lecture 41 - Understanding Cognition and Pragmatics in the Structure of Language