Study to Branches of Linguistics-I for BS English by Prof. Mukhtar Parvez

Contents:

Branches of Linguistics

Section I: Sociolinguistics

• Sociolinguistics and Its Scope
• Language Varieties
• Varieties based on Society
• Varieties based on Speech Situation
• Varieties based on Function
• Varieties based on Function
• Varieties based on Contact
• Language Variation
• Functions of Language in Society
• Domains of Language use
• National and Standard Language
• Bilingualism
• Dimensions of Bilingualism
• Borrowing
• Code Switching
• Code Mixing
• Language Attitudes
• Language Maintenance
• Language Shift
• Gender issues in the classroom

Section II: Historical Linguistics

• Types of Linguistic Change
• Language Typology
• Methodologies of change
• Analogy
• Models of Change

Section III: Psycholinguistics

• Introduction to Psycholinguistics and its scope
• Neurolinguistics
• Differences between Psycholinguistics and Neurolinguistics
• Basic Abilities of Language Speakers
• Watson’s Word Association Theory
• Skinners sentence frame theory
• Chomskys transformational generative Grammar Theory

Theories of Learning:

• Behaviourism
• Mentalism
• Interactionism
• Cognitive Theory
• Memory
• Interlanguage
• Error Analysis
• Individual Language Factors
• Language Disorder
• Forensic linguistics
• Types
• Purposes
• Areas of Study
• Forensic Text Types
• Application use