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Rama Subbaiah Sarma,
Chamanooru received his Master’s Degree in Linguistics with a gold medal
from Annamalai University, and later earned his Ph.D. in Linguistics from
the same University for his work on Koya.
Linguistics is the
scientific study of languages. It studies the structure, function and use
of languages in a systematic and objective manner. Since it studies the
phenomenon of human language itself, it is relevant in the fields of
Psychology, Anthropology, Literature, Language Teaching, Artificial
Intelligence etc. Andhra University has been offering Linguistics at
some level or other for a long time now. A PG Diploma in Linguistics was
offered until the year 1995.In 1995, the Department of Linguistics as an
Independent unit was formed. An M.A. in Linguistics was also introduced in
the same year and Research Programme was introduced in 1999. Later, in
1999-2000 a decision was taken by the University to shift M.A. in Linguistics to
the school of Distance Education to be offered at a later date to make it
available to more number of students and to ease the burden on its single
teacher. At present, the Department is offering a PG Diploma in English
language and Linguistics
and Doctoral Programme in Linguistics. The Department functions in the first
floor of Hindi Bhavan. |