IGNOU MEG-04
- Aspects of Language,
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MEG-04 English Topics Covered

Block 1 - What is Language?

• Unit 1 - The Nature of Language
• Unit 2 - Looking at Data-I
• Unit 3 - Looking at Data-II
• Unit 4 - Language and Thought

Block 2 - History of English Language

• Unit 1 - An Introduction
• Unit 2 - Changes in Sounds and Spelling
• Unit 3 - Changes in Vocabulary
• Unit 4 - Changes in Grammar

Block 3 - (A) English Phonetics and Phonology-I

• Unit 1 - The Speech Mechanism
• Unit 2 - The Description and Classification of Consonants and Vowels
• Unit 3 - Phonetic Transcription and Phonology
• Unit 4 - The Consonants of English

Block 4 - (B) English Phonetics and Phonology-II

• Unit 1 - The Vowels of English (R.P)
• Unit 2 - Word Accent, Stress and Rhythm in Connected Speech
• Unit 3 - Intonation

Block 5 - English Morphology

• Unit 1 - The Study of Words
• Unit 2 - Word-Formation in English-I
• Unit 3 - Word-Formation in English-II
• Unit 4 - Word-Formation in English-III

Block 6 - English Syntax

• Unit 1 - Basic Notions of Syntactic Constituents and Phrase Structure 5
• Unit 2 - Types of Clauses and Sentences
• Unit 3 - Grammatical Punctions, Cases, and Thematic Roles
• Unit 4 - The Syntax of Inflectional Elements: Tense & Agreement
• Unit 5 - Pronouns, Reflexives, and Other Bound Elements
• Unit 6 - Syntax of Scope: Adverbs, Quantifiers, and Negation

Block 7 - Language in Use-I

• Unit 1 - Introduction to Sociolinguistics
• Unit 2 - Speech Community and Multilingualism
• Unit 3 - Bilingualism
• Unit 4 - Language Standardization

Block 8 - Language in Use-II

• Unit 1 - Multilingual Use of Codes
• Unit 2 - Language Planning
• Unit 3 - Conversational Analysis
• Unit 4 - Learner Factors in Second Language Acquisition-I
• Unit 5 - Learner Factors in Second Language Acquisition-II

Block 9 - The Spread of English

• Unit 1 - Variation and Varieties
• Unit 2 - Consolidation and Standardization of English
• Unit 3 - The Spread and Rise of Englishes
• Unit 4 - Indian English

Block 10 - Stylistics

• Unit 1 - Language Variation-The context of Situation
• Unit 2 - The Connection Between Linguistics, Literary Criticism and Stylistics
• Unit 3 - Style and Content
• Unit 4 - Analysing Texts-I
• Unit 5 - Analysing Texts-II
• Unit 6 - Analysing Texts-III

Previous Year Solved Question Papers Included

MEG-04 English (Total-42, Solved-23, Unsolved-19)

• June (2002-2003, 2005-2024)
• December (2002-2003, 2005-2006, 2008-2023)

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