JNU MA Linguistics Syllabus and How to Prepare for the Entrance Exam

JNU MA Linguistics Syllabus and How to Prepare for the Entrance Exam Notes: In JNU MA Linguistic entrance, the questions are based on the degree level syllabus of Linguistics. You will get questions ranging from the meaning and definition of Linguistics, the views of renowned Linguistics as well as the history and developments of the subject along with its scope. Apart from that all other important aspects of the subject that you have studied in your degree course is important. Even if you do not have a linguistic background,you can easily get through the entrance. Actually your previous background does not matter because the entrance is very easy…..

The questions are generally covered from these topics:

1.introduction to linguistics

2.introduction to phonetics and phonology

3.introduction to morphological and syntactic analysis

4.phonological analysis

5.applied linguistic

6.semantics:theories and analysis

You can have an idea about the questions asked in the entrance by looking at previous years questions…..i am giving here previous year entrance examination question of 2010, to give you an insight about the pattern and distribution of marks ….

Recommended Readings

Rekha Aslam’s Aspect of language teaching

Language: Nature, Psychology, And Grammatical Aspects

Language and symbolic systems by Yuen Ren Chao

Additional Readings

An Introductory Textbook of Linguistics and Phonetics by Varshney

An Introduction to language by Victoria Fromkin and Rodman