School of Language, Literature and Culture Studies
The Centre for Linguistics is one of the leading centres for linguistics and language studies in India. The Centre focuses on core areas such as phonetics, phonology, morphology and syntax, as well as on areas in interdisciplinary language studies such as neuro-cognitive linguistics and sociolinguistics. The Centre is known for having had expertise in Field Methods, Semiotics and Indian linguistc tradition for the past several years. Some of the other areas of research by the faculty include language typology and sign language, with bio-linguistics being an emerging area of common interest.
The Centre in its present form was constituted in 2005, but has existed since 1975 as a wing of the Centre for Linguistics and English. The Centre has an intake of 20 M. A., 14 M. Phil. and 3 direct Ph. D. students every year. The M. A. programme gives students a grounding in the foundational courses in theoretical and applied linguistics. The M. Phil./ Ph. D. programme is a rich and rewarding research programme open to post-graduate students from any discipline. Apart from the post-graduate courses, the Centre also offers 2-3 optional and tool courses in linguistics to undergraduate students of the School of Language, Literature and Culture Studies every semester.
The selection process followed for Indian students and foreign students in India is that of JNU as a whole, which holds entrance tests at around 65 centres in India and the neighbouring countries including Bangladesh, Nepal and Sri Lanka. Applications from foreign students from abroad are considered through the office of the Coordinator directly by the Centre on the basis of merit.
The Centre shares with other Centres of the School facilities of digital language labs. It also has software for experimental phonetic studies and neuro-cognitive studies, and will have from the Winter Semester 2007 a well-equipped computer class-room .
Project:-
Documentation project on the Great Andamanese which was jointly sponsored and funded by Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi and the Department of Culture, MHRD, Govt of India. Visit Jero, The Great Andamanese for details.