New IGNOU MEG-04 Help Book Aspects of Language in English – MA English Latest Edition Guide and Study Material.

Block 1 – What is Language?
The Nature of Language
Looking at Data-I
Looking at Data-II
Language and Thought

Block 2 – History of English Language
An Introduction
Changes in Sounds and Spelling
Changes in Vocabulary
Changes in Grammar

Block 3 – (A) English Phonetics and Phonology-I
The Speech Mechanism
The Description and Classification of Consonants and Vowels
Phonetic Transcription and Phonology
The Consonants of English

Block 4 – (B) English Phonetics and Phonology-II
The Vowels of English (R.P)
Word Accent, Stress and Rhythm in Connected Speech
Intonation

Block 5 – English Morphology
The Study of Words
Word-Formation in English-I
Word-Formation in English-II
Word-Formation in English-III

Block 6 – English Syntax
Basic Notions of Syntactic Constituents and Phrase Structure 5
Types of Clauses and Sentences
Grammatical Punctions, Cases, and Thematic Roles
The Syntax of Inflectional Elements: Tense & Agreement
Pronouns, Reflexives, and Other Bound Elements
Syntax of Scope: Adverbs, Quantifiers, and Negation

Block 7 – Language in Use-I
Introduction to Sociolinguistics
Speech Community and Multilingualism
Bilingualism
Language Standardization

Block 8 – Language in Use-II
Multilingual Use of Codes
Language Planning
Conversational Analysis
Learner Factors in Second Language Acquisition-I
Learner Factors in Second Language Acquisition-II

Block 9 – The Spread of English
Variation and Varieties
Consolidation and Standardization of English
The Spread and Rise of Englishes
Indian English

Block 10 – Stylistics
Language Variation-The context of Situation
The Connection Between Linguistics, Literary Criticism and Stylistics
Style and Content
Analysing Texts-I
Analysing Texts-II
Analysing Texts-III