{"id":3732,"date":"2019-03-06T11:52:46","date_gmt":"2019-03-06T11:52:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/5ineprojects.com\/kannada-university\/?page_id=3732"},"modified":"2025-06-27T12:40:45","modified_gmt":"2025-06-27T07:10:45","slug":"kannada-language-studies","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/kannadauniversity.org\/english\/kannada-language-studies\/","title":{"rendered":"Department of Kannada Language Studies"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Faculty of Language<\/strong><\/h6>\n

[\/vc_column_text][stm_wp_custommenu nav_menu=”56″ width=”100%” el_class=”about-menu”][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”3\/4″][stm_title title_tag=”h5″ title_color=”custom” page_title_enable=”true” subtitle_enable=”true” title_color_custom=”#000000″ title_margin_b=”10px”][\/stm_title][stm_title title_tag=”h6″ title_color=”custom” title_font_weight=”400″ title_color_custom=”#000000″ title_font_size=”15px” title_line_height=”25px” title_margin_b=”10px”]The focus of the department is to take up systematic study of Kannada Lliterature in the sense of creative writing and also in the sense of all texts in Kannada both oral and written. The texts (both written and oral) are placed in the larger matrix of culture to research on various issues related to history, society, polity. The literary texts are read and interpreted in the light of recent theories so as to re-read them from the context of the present. The Department has so far organized several seminars and come out with publications on Cultural interface of old texts from the point of view of present context of globalization, nativism and other issues.[\/stm_title][vc_row_inner css=”.vc_custom_1551353409867{margin-bottom: 20px !important;}” el_id=”welcome-about”][vc_column_inner][vc_single_image image=”3755″ img_size=”1000X600″ style=”vc_box_shadow_3d”][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][\/vc_column][vc_column][vc_tta_tour color=”sky” active_section=”1″][vc_tta_section title=”Introduction” tab_id=”1551782250578-541d3853-3a5d”][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n

Introduction<\/strong><\/h6>\n

The department came into existence along with the establishment of University in 1992. The main aim of the Department is to carry out research on Kannada Linguistics and related areas. The department\u2019s mandate is to work on the way Kannada language is historically changing and intervene in the process of change in its usage and structure. The Department has carried out several projects to this effect till today and has published many of its outcomes. The department is planning to have a phonetic lab and school of Language management in future. The department Library has books 4500 books in English and Kannada which are available for reference.<\/p>\n

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KANNADA BHAASHA PRABHEDAGALA KOSHA<\/a><\/h6>\n

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Vision Statement of the Department<\/strong><\/h6>\n
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  • To be a premier institute with regard to Kannada language usage and studies<\/li>\n
  • To study other languages present in Karnataka<\/li>\n
  • To produce knowledge that can be applied in the fields like teaching\/learning Kannada, Media, Using Kannada in all domains<\/li>\n
  • To act like a single forum for teachers of Kannada and others who are interested in studying aspects related to language (its history, structure, changes, usage)<\/li>\n
  • To create a corpus of Kannada language<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
    Mission Statement of the Department<\/strong><\/h6>\n
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    • To create a grammar of Kannada based on the current usages of Kannada free of Sanskrit and English grammar models<\/li>\n
    • To produce more domain oriented glossaries (both traditional occupations as well as modern domains)<\/li>\n
    • To tackle the problems of teaching\/learning languages through research<\/li>\n
    • Along with Namma Kannada<\/em>, create other forums to foster the research in the field of Kannada language studies<\/li>\n
    • To include study of other languages of Karnataka; study of Banjara language has already begun<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

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      Uniqueness of the Department<\/strong><\/h6>\n

      The department is studying linguistic aspects of Kannada and other languages in Karnataka are a unique department\u00a0 Karnataka which focuses exclusively on linguistics of Kannada and other languages of Karnataka. Its theoretical orientation is also different from other linguistics department found in conventional Universities. Apart from research it has also created a pool of scholars in the field to undertake necessary fieldwork and theorization of the same. In this pool not only the students who have studies in our Department are found but also other teachers of Kannada who are enthusiastic in studying Kannada linguistically with new orientation have been included[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”Department Profile” tab_id=”1551783308061-f6ed8aa5-fdcb”][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n

      Department Profile<\/strong><\/h6>\n