The definition of language; design features, origin & functions of language; Chomsky’s ideas of language; the definition, and range of linguistics; its relationship with other disciplines; methods and importance of linguistic studies; definition of phonetics; vocal organs; classification of speech sounds; definition of phonology; distinctive sounds; complimentary distribution; distinctive features; minimal pairs; free variation;
Traditional grammar; structural linguistics; transformational-generative linguistics; functional linguistics; syllabus design; language learning; error analysis;
The Prague school; the London school; American structuralism; Transformational- Generative Grammar; Case Grammar and Generative Semantics;
4)Traditional syntax; structural syntax; immediate constituent analysis; functional syntax; generative syntax; c-command; structure dependency; government and binding; the minimalist program;