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Introduction to Linguistics 1

Author: Christine Ofulue, Mfon Brownson Ekpe

School: National Open University of Nigeria

Department: Arts and Humanities

Course Code: LIN111

Topics: Linguistics, Human Language nature, sign language, human language, animal communication, Linguistic Knowledge, language evolution, culture, language varieties, Phonetics, phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics, Macro-Linguistics, Sociolinguistics, Historical Linguistics, Mathematical Linguistics, Ethnolinguistics, Psycholinguistics, Computational Linguistics, Clinical Linguistics

Intermediate Arabic Conversion

Author: Salman Yunus

School: National Open University of Nigeria

Department: Arts and Humanities

Course Code: ARA211

Topics: Intermediate Arabic Conversion, Arabic Alphabets, greeting, family membership, postal services, medical services, school, school mate, transportation, communication, religion, good morals, business transactions, manual, military services, sports, Arabic letters identification, Arabic letters pronunciation, Arabic vowels, Hamzah

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

African American English

Author: Lisa Green

School: National Open University of Nigeria

Department: Arts and Humanities

Course Code: ENG313

Topics: African American English, lexicons, lexicon structures, slang, Aspectual markers, verbal markers, Preverbal markers, phonology, Final consonant sounds, Devoicing, sound patterns, phonological patterns, speech events, verbal strategies, nonverbal communication expressions

Public Speaking

Author: Theodore Iyere

School: National Open University of Nigeria

Department: Arts and Humanities

Course Code: ENG314

Topics: Public Speaking, persuasion, persuasion theories, audience analysis, selecting a topic, Persuasion techniques, persuasive speeches, hearing listening, types of listening, Effective Listening, Relationship Based Persuasion, Persuasive Communication, Verbal Messages, Social Judgment-Involvement Theory, Mass Media Effect Theories, Oral Tradition, public speaking ethics, speaker ethics, listener ethics, Inefficient Listening, Homogeneous Audiences, Heterogeneous Audiences

Advanced studies in oral and written comprehension in French 2

Author: Casimir Houenon

School: National Open University of Nigeria

Department: Arts and Humanities

Course Code: FRE202

Topics: French written comprehension, French written comprehension, Compréhension orale, Compréhension écrite, Comprendre le sens des mots, Genres de texte, Comprendre un récit, Comprendre une description, Comprendre un texte argumentatif, Comprendre un texte explicatif, Comprendre un texte injonctif, Comprendre un texte expressif, Comprendre les registres de langue, Comprendre la communication non linguistique, Comprendre les figures de style, Comprendre la formation des mots

Media Ethics Cases and Moral Reasoning, 10th edition

Author: Clifford Christians, Mark Fackler, Kathy Brittain Richardson, Peggy Kres, Robert Woodshel

School: National Open University of Nigeria

Department: Arts and Humanities

Course Code: PHL242

Topics: Media Ethics Cases, Moral Reasoning, Institutional Pressures, Truth telling, social justice, privacy, advertising persuasion, Media Gatekeepers, Stereotyping Disability, anti-obesity, Ad blocking, native advertising, niche markets, ethical vision, Public Communication, persuasion, Conflicting Loyalties, representing political powers, entertainment, violence, profits, wealth, public trust, media scope, media depth, censorship

Introduction to Semantics

Author: Charles Ogbulogo

School: National Open University of Nigeria

Department: Arts and Humanities

Course Code: ENG331

Topics: Semantics, theories, of meaning, nature of the lexicon, Sentential Meaning aspects, pragmatics, logic, fallacies, Application of Semantics to Literary Communication, Transitional Semantics, Behavioral Semantics, Structural Semantics, Generative Semantics, synonym, antonym, hyponym, homonym, polysemy, Subcategorising English Words, Paraphrase, Ambiguity, Vagueness, Tautology, Presupposition, Entailment, Analyticity, Misinterpretation Fallacies, Misunderstanding of Language fallacies, Fallacies of Accident, Question Begging Fallacies, complex question, False Causal Relationship, irrelevant conclusion, Argumentative Leap, Simple Proposition, Conjunction, Disjunction

The Handbook of Sociolinguistics

Author: Florian Coulmas

School: National Open University of Nigeria

Department: Arts and Humanities

Course Code: ENG355

Topics: Sociolinguistics, language demography, language varieties, language variation, Sociophonology, dialect, Communication Media sociolinguistics, spoken language, written language, Diglossia, code-switching, Language Contact, Language Generation, Pidgins, Creoles, Language Conflict, Multilingualism, Global Scale Sociolinguistics, Linguistic Etiquette, Bilingual Education, Sociolinguistics, language planning, language reform

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