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Contemporary English usage

Author: Anthony Oha

School: National Open University of Nigeria

Department: Arts and Humanities

Course Code: ENG321

Topics: Contemporary English usage, English Language, British English Varieties, American English Structure, Australian English Varieties, New Zealand English Varieties, Contemporary Nigerian English, popular Nigerian English, Contemporary English Writing, English speech form, Formal English language style, informal English style, Linguistic Meaning, Speaker Meaning, Business English, Business Writing, Internet English, Web Writing, Old English, modern English

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

A First Look at Communication Theory, 10th edition

Author: Em Griffin, Andrew Ledbetter, Glenn Grayson Sparks

School: Edo University

Department: Administration, Social and Management science

Course Code: MAC215

Topics: communication, interpersonal communication, symbolic interactionism, coordinated management of meaning, expectancy violations theory, relationship development, social penetration theory, uncertainty, reduction theory, social information processing theory, relationship maintenance, relational dialectics theory, communication privacy management theory, media multiplexity theory, social judgement theory, cognitive dissonance theory, group communication, public communication, group decision making, symbolic convergence theory, organizational communication, dramatism, narrative paradigm, mass communication, media, culture, media ecology, semiotics, cultural studies, media effects, cultivation theory, agenda-setting theory, genderlect styles, muted group theory, intercultural communication, communication accommodation theory, face-negotiation theory, co-cultural theory, integration

A Basic Course in Anthropological Linguistics

Author: Marcel Danesi

School: University of Ibadan

Department: Arts and Humanities

Course Code: LIN101

Topics: Anthropological Linguistics, language evolution, sounds, words, sentences, meanings, discourse, variation, language, reality

Philosophy ,13th edition

Author: Manuel Velasquez

School: University of Ibadan

Department: Arts and Humanities

Course Code: PHI203, PHI306

Topics: Philosophy, human nature, reality, being, religion, God, Sources of Knowledge, truth, ethics, social Philosophy, political Philosophy, meaning of life

Modern Philosophy

Author: Roger Scruton

School: University of Ibadan

Department: Arts and Humanities

Course Code: PHI208, PHI306

Topics: Modern Philosophy.Scepticism.self, mind, body, Private Language Argument, sense, reference, descriptions, logical form, things, properties, appearance, reality, God, Being, Necessity, cause, science, soul, freedom, human world, meaning, morality, life, death, identity, knowledge, perception, imagination, space, time, mathematics, paradox, obejctive spirit, subjective spirit, devil

Philosophy, Language and Communication

Author: AL Afolayan

School: University of Ibadan

Department: Arts and Humanities

Course Code: PHI208

Topics: Philosophy, Language, Communication, Human Society, human knowledge, Conceptual Scheme, cultural identitty, Nature of Understanding, Problem of Meaning, national development

Vocabulary, Semantics and Language Education

Author: Evelyn Hatch, Cheryl Brown

School: University of Ibadan

Department: Arts and Humanities

Course Code: ENG308

Topics: Vocabulary, Semantics, Language Education, semantic features, semantic feature analysis, semantic field analysis, core meanings, prototype theory, script semantics, conceptual structure, lexicon, word building, word classification, morphology, derivations, morphemes, inflectional morphology, vocabulary choice, vocabulary learning, vocabulary teaching

English Semantics

Author: Akin Odebunmi

School: University of Ibadan

Department: Arts and Humanities

Course Code: ENG304

Topics: English Semantics, semantics, pragmatics, context, contextual belief, Lexical Relations, meaning, lexical relations, Componential Analysis, speech act theory

A History of the English Language

Author: Michael Drout

School: University of Ibadan

Department: Arts and Humanities

Course Code: ENG409

Topics: English Language, semantics, signs, meanings, sound, sounds of language, sound shifts, sound history, syntax, words, Norman Conquest, modern English, Great Vowel Shift

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