Language and Society. Instructor: Prof. Rajesh Kumar, Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, IIT Madras. Language is central to our existence. It is hard to think of ourselves, our societies, and culture without language
555 years, 6 months
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Language is a primary means of socialization. It interacts with the social, political and economic power structures. It is the primary medium for the construction and transmission of knowledge and for the articulation of ideas. In short, language constitutes humans and their identities. All people either utilize varieties of a language or use two or more languages to respond to a whole range of affective and interpersonal demands; language by definition must be defined as multilingualism. The primary objective of this course is to examine relationship between language and society with respect to the nature of language. (from nptel.ac.in)
Course Currilcum
- Lecture 01 – Introduction Unlimited
- Lecture 02 – Language and India Unlimited
- Lecture 03 – Language and a Language Unlimited
- Lecture 04 – Language, Dialect and Variety Unlimited
- Lecture 05 – Dialect and Standard Language Unlimited
- Lecture 06 – How do Children Learn Language? Unlimited
- Lecture 07 – First Language Acquisition Unlimited
- Lecture 08 – Critical Period and SLA Unlimited
- Lecture 09 – Sounds and Words Unlimited
- Lecture 10 – Sentence Unlimited
- Lecture 11 – India as a Linguistic Area Unlimited
- Lecture 12 – Language Variation Unlimited
- Lecture 13 – Language and Culture Unlimited
- Lecture 14 – Language and Power – Politics Unlimited
- Lecture 15 – Indian English Unlimited
- Lecture 16 – Fluidity and Continuum Unlimited
- Lecture 17 – Language in Education Unlimited
- Lecture 18 – Language and Scholastic Achievement Unlimited
- Lecture 19 – Language and Language Teaching Unlimited
- Lecture 20 – Concluding Remarks Unlimited
