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The Nature of Global Terrorism

Author: Sharkdam Wapmuk

School: National Open University of Nigeria

Department: Administration, Social and Management science

Course Code: PCR415

Topics: Global Terrorism, terrorism, terrorist acts, Terrorist Tactics, Terrorist Organizations, Terrorist Weapons, Terrorist Resources, Terrorist Equipment, Anti-Terrorism, War on Terrorism, Counter-Terrorism, Controlling Global Terrorism

Discourse Analysis, 3rd edition

Author: Barbara Johnstone

School: National Open University of Nigeria

Department: Arts and Humanities

Course Code: ENG352

Topics: Discourse Analysis, Discourse Analysis data, linguistic categories, language ideology, silence, intention, interpretation, speech acts, verbal art, verbal performance, discourse structure, discourse schemata, social identity, personal identity, Medium and Discourse Form, Medium and Discourse processing

Principles of Language Learning and Teaching, 2nd edition

Author: Douglas Brown

School: National Open University of Nigeria

Department: Arts and Humanities

Course Code: ARA284

Topics: Language, Learning, Teaching, First Language Acquisition, Dispelling Myths, Hemispheric Lateralization, Anthropological Evidence, Human Learning, Individual Differences, Ambiguity Tolerance, Left-Brain dominance, Right-Brain Dominance, Autonomy, Awareness, Compensatory Strategies, Self-Esteem, Attribution Theory, Self-Efficacy, Motivation, Language, Culture, Identity, Teaching Intercultural Competence, Communicative Competence speech acts, Language Functions, Interactional Competence, discourse analysis, Written Discourse, Intercultural Rhetoric, Pragmatics, Sociopragmatics, Pragmalinguistics, Corpus Analysis, Nonverbal Communication, Kinesics, Interlanguage, Learner Language, learner errors, error Treatment

Biblical Hermeneutics

Author: Olubiyi Adeniyi Adewale

School: National Open University of Nigeria

Department: Arts and Humanities

Course Code: CTH218, CRS218

Topics: Biblical Hermeneutics, Historical-Cultural, Contextual Analysis, Interpreting Old Testament Laws, Interpreting Prophetic Books, Interpreting Historical Narratives, Interpreting Wisdom Literature, Interpreting, Psalms, interpreting gospels, interpreting parables, Interpreting Acts of the Apostle, Interpreting Epistles, Interpreting revelation, factors Necessitating Hermeneutics, Ancient Jewish Hermeneutics, Patristic Hermeneutics, Mediaeval Hermeneutics, Reformation Hermeneutics, Post-Reformation Hermeneutics, Modern Hermeneutics, Lexical-Syntactical Analysis, Assyrian Domination

An Introduction to Sociolinguistics, 17th edition

Author: Ronald Wardhaugh, Janet Fuller

School: National Open University of Nigeria

Department: Arts and Humanities

Course Code: ENG251

Topics: Sociolinguistics, languages, dialects, social identity, language change, regional dialects, dialect continua, dialect geography, speech communities, social networks, social identities, Perceptual dialectology, Linguistic landscapes, Diglossia, language attitudes, language ideologies, Language learning, Questioning diglossia, Multilingual Discourse, Multilingual identities, Markedness Model, Lingua Francas, contact languages, Pidgin Languages, Creole Languages, Pidgin Formation, Creole Formation, Morphosyntax, Language Variation, mapping dialects, dialectology, linguistic variable, Social Variation, Social class membership, Social networks, data collection, data analysis, sampling, pragmatics, speech acts, pronouns, discourse analysis, interactional sociolinguistics, contextualization, critical discourse analysis, sexist language, grammatical gender marking, Women's language, Multilingual Education, language policy, language planning

Discourse Analysis

Author: Rotimi Taiwo

School: National Open University of Nigeria

Department: Arts and Humanities

Course Code: ENG352

Topics: Discourse Analysis, Ethnonmethodology, Conversational Analysis, Linguistic Anthropology, Thematic Progression, Birmingham School Approach, text linguistics, grammatical cohesion, lexical cohesion, pragmatics, speech acts, Critical Discourse Analysis, text, context, monologue, dialogue, multilogue, conversation, written discourse, Interpersonal Discourse, Conducting Ethnomethodological Research, Speech community, speech event, Constant Theme Pattern, Linear Theme Pattern, Split theme Pattern, Derived Theme Pattern, Classroom discourse, Discourse Structure

Introduction to Sociolinguistics

Author: Anthony Oha

School: National Open University of Nigeria

Department: Arts and Humanities

Course Code: ENG355

Topics: Sociolinguistics, Sociolinguistic Differences, Speech Communities, Speech Acts, Speech Events, Dialects, Idiolects, Sociolects, Code Mixing, Code Switching, Register, Style, Pidgins, Pidginisation, Creoles, Creolization, slangs, clichés, Taboos, Profane Usage, Monolingualism, Bilingualism, Language Contact, Multilingualism, Diglossia, Polyglottism, Language Ideology, Sociolinguistic Variation, language determinants

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