Overview

The Linguistics Centre at Jawaharlal Nehru University 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.

Key Features

The Centre is known for having had expertise in Field Methods, Semiotics and Indian linguistic 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 some common interest.

The research conducted in the centre has resulted in descriptive grammars of some of the lesser known languages of Indo-Aryan, Dravidian, Austro-Asiatic including Munda, Tibeto-Burman and Andamanese.

Programme Structure

Courses include:

Research Methodology

Structure of Contemporary English

Applied English Linguistics

Literature in India

Phonology and Syntax of English

Teaching of English in India

Stylistics and Discourse Analysis

Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 12 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2026-07-09 00:00:00
- Apply before 2026-06-16 00:00:00

Language

English

Delivered

On Campus

Campus Location

New Delhi, India

Disciplines

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Academic requirements

We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.

English requirements

We are not aware of any English requirements for this programme.

Other requirements

General requirements

Foreign Nationals applying for admission as self financing students are required to provide detail of the Bank account, etc. with their application forms and a certificate from their respective bankers to the effect that they have sufficient funds available in their bank account to sustain their studies in India for the duration of the programme.

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