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38Bilingualism and multilingualismCode-switching and code-mixingLanguage shift and language death.Recommended Reading:Crystal, David Linguistics. Penguin, 1990Lyons, John. Language and Linguistics: An Introduction Cambridge: CUP, 1981Balasubramanian, T. A Textbook of English Phonetics for Indian Students, Macmillan, 1981Roach, Peter. English Phonetics and Phonology. Cambridge: CUP,1983Trudgill, Peter. Sociolinguistics. Penguin, 1995(revised edition)Romaine, Suzanne. Language in Society: An Introduction to Sociolinguistics OUP, 1994PAPER 20History of the English LanguageMarks 75 (60+15) [15 Marks Internal Assessment]. Credits: 6In this paper students will be acquainted with the development of the English Language from theMiddle English period and the various influences which have contributed to make it what it is today.Besides, the development of the English Language in America and its differences from British Englishwill be another area of concern. Students will also be required to familiarize themselves with thelanguage of major English authors like Chaucer, Shakespeare, Milton, Johnson, Wordsworth, MatthewArnold and T.S. Eliot and their contribution to the development of the language.Section A: History of the English LanguageFocus here will be on the different elements like the Scandinavian element, the French element etc. andvarious influences like that of the Authorized Version of the Bible which have played important rolesin the formation of the English Language as we know it today. Students will also be acquainted withthe changes in various respects that the language has undergone down the ages. Besides, they will befamiliarized with the significant differences between British and American English in terms ofvocabulary, spelling, pronunciation and other areas. Students will be required to answer 2 questions of12 marks each (2x12) and write three short notes of 6 marks (3x6) each from this section. (2x12 + 3x6= 42)
39Section BStudents in this section will be acquainted with the language of important literary figures likeShakespeare and Johnson and their contribution to the development of the English Language. Theywill answer one question of 12 marks and one of 6 marks (12+6).Recommended ReadingBaugh, A.C & Cable, Thomas. A History of the English Language 5th ed., London & New York:Routledge, 2004Burchfield, R.W. The English Language OUP,1985Freeborn, D. From Old English to StandardEnglish.Macmillan, 1992Wood,F.T. An Outline History of the English Language. London: Macmillan,1941.Jespersen, Otto. Growth and Structure of the English Language OUP, 1989rpt.[1938]
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Page 14 and 15: 14PAPER 11The Essay in English: Add
Page 16 and 17: 16PAPER 13Life Writing: Biographies
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