NPTEL : NOC:Fundamental Concepts in Sociolinguistics (Humanities and Social Sciences)

Co-ordinators : Prof. Om Prakash


Lecture 1 - Course Introduction

Lecture 2 - Language as a System

Lecture 3 - Design Features

Lecture 4 - Linguistic Relativity

Lecture 5 - Language and Culture

Lecture 6 - Language and Gender

Lecture 7 - Behaviourist paradigm in language acuquisition

Lecture 8 - Innateness Hypothesis [Generative Paradigm] in Language Acquisition

Lecture 9 - Key Concepts in Language Acquisition Lad, Ug, and poverty Stimulus

Lecture 10 - Linguistic Competence

Lecture 11 - Communicative Competence

Lecture 12 - Critical Period Hypothesis

Lecture 13 - Dialects

Lecture 14 - Speech Community

Lecture 15 - Diglossia

Lecture 16 - Systemic Functions of Language

Lecture 17 - SPEAKING Model

Lecture 18 - Register and Style

Lecture 19 - Bilingualism - Part I

Lecture 20 - Bilingualism - Part II

Lecture 21 - Code Mixing and Switching

Lecture 22 - Language Hybridity Case of Hindi-English Mixing

Lecture 23 - Pidgin and Creole

Lecture 24 - Creolization Process and birth of a Language

Lecture 25 - Mixing and Switching: Creative Outcome of Bi/Multilingual Mind

Lecture 26 - Language Policy and Planning

Lecture 27 - Types of Language Planning

Lecture 28 - Official Languages of India

Lecture 29 - The Process of Standardization

Lecture 30 - Three Language Formula

Lecture 31 - The Eighth Schedule

Lecture 32 - Mother Tongue

Lecture 33 - Linguistic Diversity of India

Lecture 34 - Schedule and Non-Schedule Languages Census of India 2011

Lecture 35 - Multilingualism in India

Lecture 36 - Language and Education Policy

Lecture 37 - English in India

Lecture 38 - Emergence of Sociolinguistics As An Independent Discipline

Lecture 39 - Language and Variations

Lecture 40 - William Labov Martha's Vineyard Island Study

Lecture 41 - William Labov Social Stratification of English in New York City (1966)

Lecture 42 - Observers Paradox and Sociolinguistic Variable

Lecture 43 - Dell Hymes and His Work

Lecture 44 - Basil Bernstein and His Work

Lecture 45 - John J. Gumperz and His Work

Lecture 46 - Joshua Fishman and His Work

Lecture 47 - Uriel Weinriech and his work

Lecture 48 - Susan Ervin M Tripp and her work

Lecture 49 - Charlse A Ferguson and his Work

Lecture 50 - William Bright and his work

Lecture 51 - Allen D Grimshaw and his work

Lecture 52 - MAK Halliday and His Work

Lecture 53 - MAK Halliday and His Work

Lecture 54 - Signific Studies in Language Variation

Lecture 55 - Indian English

Lecture 56 - Multilingual Societies and Multilingual Discourse

Lecture 57 - Language Endangerment

Lecture 58 - Linguistic Identity and Language Movements

Lecture 59 - Liguistic Identity and language Movements in India

Lecture 60 - Ferdinand de Saussure and his Influence

Lecture 61 - Saussure’s Key Concepts

Lecture 62 - 20th Century Theoretical Developments in Linguistics

Lecture 63 - Varieties of Language

Lecture 64 - Linguistic Landscape

Lecture 65 - Linguistic Allegiance, Identity, and Socialization in Digital Space

Lecture 66 - Recapitulating Language Acquistion

Lecture 67 - Review and Concluding Remarks

Lecture 68 - Significance of Culture in Language Learning/Teaching