P.hd in English:Syntactic and Semantic Grammars of Indian Languages

P.hd in English:Syntactic and Semantic Grammars of Indian Languages

This course is a survey of current research in areas and issues in Biolinguistics. It also proposes to cover a variety of approaches to language design (as a biological system) and the evolution of language. Some of the major areas of research will be covered in the following sections:

s Acquisition of speech and language

s Cognition and perception studies through different disorders of communication.

s Studies in lateralization and localization of language in brain through imaging techniques.

s Genes and language/speech.

s Speech and voice patterns of genetically related people

s Language and evolution

The Centre gives importance to research in the complex and varied syntactic and semantic structures of different languages of India. Languages of Dravidian, Indo-Aryan, Tibeto-Burman, Austro-Asiatic (Munda and non-Munda) families have been investigated into. The students are encouraged to work on the models of Generative Semantics, Cognitive Semantics, Generative Syntax, Government and Binding, and Paninian Grammar.