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Introduction to Modern Linguistics

Introduction to Modern Linguistics. Instructors: Prof. Shreesh Chaudhary and Prof. Rajesh Kumar, Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, IIT Madras. This course aims at creating an awareness of the system underlying the structure of language. It will introduce concepts and tools in the study of Modern Linguistics. The course will include all the principal levels of structure of language, such as, Phonology and Phonetics, Morphology, Syntax, and Pragmatics. (from nptel.ac.in)

Lecture 27 - Syntax: An Introduction


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Lecture 01 - Introduction
Lecture 02 - Design Features of Language: Species Specific, Species Uniform
Lecture 03 - Design Features of Language: Culturally Transmitted
Lecture 04 - Design Features of Language: Locality
Lecture 05 - Design Features of Language: Creativity
Lecture 06 - Design Features of Language: Structural Features
Lecture 07 - Production of Speech Sounds
Lecture 08 - Organs of Articulation
Lecture 09 - Functions of Vocal Cords
Lecture 10 - Production of Speech Sounds, Cardinal Vowels
Lecture 11 - English Vowels
Lecture 12 - Diphthong
Lecture 13 - Production of Consonants
Lecture 14 - Consonants
Lecture 15 - Consonants (cont.)
Lecture 16 - Review: Production of Speech Sounds
Lecture 17 - What is Phonology?
Lecture 18 - Phonemes and Allophones
Lecture 19 - Phonological Phenomena
Lecture 20 - Syllable Template
Lecture 21 - Syllable
Lecture 22 - Syllable-based Generalization
Lecture 23 - Syllable-based Generalization
Lecture 24 - Morphology
Lecture 25 - Units of Word Formation
Lecture 26 - Affixation
Lecture 27 - Syntax: An Introduction
Lecture 28 - Syntax: An Introduction (cont.)
Lecture 29 - Syntax: X-bar Theory
Lecture 30 - Syntax: X-bar Theory (cont.)
Lecture 31 - Syntax: Phrase Structure (Complement and Adjuncts)
Lecture 32 - Syntax: Argument Selection
Lecture 33 - Syntax: Structure of an IP and Thematic Relations
Lecture 34 - Syntax: Structure of an IP and Thematic Relations (cont.)
Lecture 35 - Syntax: Structure of an IP and Thematic Relations (cont.)
Lecture 36 - Syntax: Case Assignment
Lecture 37 - Syntax: Exceptional Case Marking
Lecture 38 - Word Formation
Lecture 39 - Discourse
Lecture 40 - Discourse (cont.)
Lecture 41 - Concluding Remarks