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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
Author: Samson Nzuanke
School: National Open University of Nigeria
Department: Arts and Humanities
Course Code: FRE221
Topics: French creative writing, Genres littéraires et Ecriture créative, Les différences entre les genres littéraires, Définitions et caractéristiques de l‟écriture créative, Théories de l‟écriture créative et explication du texte libre et l‟écriture d‟invention, Focalisation en écriture créative, Ecrivain et Style d’écriture, Personnalité et mode de pensée chez les écrivains, Imagination et imagerie mentale chez l‟écrivain, Mettre ses idées sur écrit, Écrire en français langue étrangère, La Langue et l’argumentation, Comment relier des outils de connexion pour argumenter, Comment marquer une opposition ou une restriction en langue française, Orientation des quantificateurs et appréciatifs dans une argumentation
Introduction to francophone African literature
Author: SC Okoli
School: National Open University of Nigeria
Department: Arts and Humanities
Course Code: FRE271
Topics: francophone African literature, Les Bases Historique, Politique et Sociale de la Littérature Africaine D’expression Française, Littérature Africaine D’expression Française, Importance de la Littérature, Evolution de la Littérature Africaine D’expression Française, Généralités sur la Prose, Le Roman, La Poésie Traditionnelle, La Poésie Moderne, Deux Poètes de la Négritude, Le Théâtre Africain D’expression Française, Les Contes, Généralités sur L’esthétique, L’esthétique au Service du Dramaturge
Author: Nicholas Rescher
School: National Open University of Nigeria
Department: Arts and Humanities
Course Code: PHL203
Topics: Epistemology, modes of knowledge, fallibilism, truth estimation, preface paradox, Dialllus, Skepticism, certainty, certainty of logic, certainty of life, pragmatic inconsistency, skepticism, risk, rationality, cognitive risk, economic dimension, Epistemic Justification, Plausibility, Presumption, probability, Foundationalism, Coherentism, rational inquiry, cyclic systemization, Coherentist Criteriology, Cognitive Relativism, Contexualism, cognitive progress, scientific progress, Law of Logarithmic Returns, Natural Science Complexification, Imperfectability of Knowledge, pragmatic completeness, predictive completeness, temporal finality, ignorance, Insolubilia, Limits of Knowledge, erotetic incapacity, cognitive incapacity, identifying insolubillia, Cognitive Realism, existence, cognitive dynamics
Author: Sarumi Kahar Wahab
School: National Open University of Nigeria
Department: Arts and Humanities
Course Code: ARA383
Topics: English-Arabic Translation, English-Arabic Translation techniques, Arabic prose, Arabic poetry, Arabic Novel, Modern Arabic Short Story, Ken Saro-Wiwa, family affair
Author: Michael Okenimkpe
School: National Open University of Nigeria
Department: Arts and Humanities
Course Code: ENG316
Topics: Business communication, business letter, business report, business meetings minutes, communication, Modern Business Communication technology, Effective Communication barriers
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
Author: Kevin Gibson
School: National Open University of Nigeria
Department: Arts and Humanities
Course Code: PHL242
Topics: Ethics, moral foundations, Descriptive Ethics, Metaethics, Normative Ethics, Egoism, Hedonism, Machiavelli, Hobbes, Rand, strategic ethics game theory, Relativism, Absolutism, Moral Imperialism, moral imagination, Utilitarianism, Contemporary Utilitarianism, Deontology, Virtue-Based Ethics, Nonhuman Rights, Justice, Retributive Justice, Restorative Justice, Distributive Justice, Libertarianism, Egalitarianism, Essentialism, Equality, Ethics of Care, Separatist Feminism, Modernist Ethics, Habermas, Foucault, Rorty, Non-Western ethics, Confucianism, Tetsuro Watsuji, Buddhism, Taoism, Africana ethics
Author: Charles Ogbulogo
School: National Open University of Nigeria
Department: Arts and Humanities
Course Code: ENG311
Topics: Research Methods, ecology of research, Approaches to Research, research topics source, Nature of Research Problems, Research Background, academic research components, research objectives, Hypotheses, Research Questions, research design, Qualitative Research Designs, qualitative research methods, Quantitative Research Design Library/Desk Research, Survey, Experimental Designs, Statistical Data Collection, Statistical Tools, Documentation, Referencing, Modern Language Association, American Psychological Association, Observation, Hypotheses Testing, Theory Construction, New Hypothesis, Ex-Post Facto Research, Action Research, Historical Research, case studies
Acoustic and Auditory Phonetics
Author: Keith Johnson
School: National Open University of Nigeria
Department: Arts and Humanities
Course Code: ENG341
Topics: Acoustic Phonetics, Auditory Phonetics, sound sensations, sound propagation, acoustic filters, voicing, speech acoustic theory, voicing quanta, vocal tract filtering, Pendulums, Standing Waves, Vowel Formants, Digital Signal Processing, continuous signals, discrete signals, Analog-to-Digital Conversion, signal analysis methods, Peripheral Auditory System anatomy, loudness auditory sensation, auditory system frequency response, Auditory Representations, speech perception, Auditory Ability Shapes Speech Perception, Phonetic Knowledge Shapes Speech Perception, Linguistic Knowledge Shapes Speech Perception, speech Perceptual Similarity, speech analysis, vowels, vowel production tube models, vowels Perturbation Theory, vowel formants, acoustic vowel space, Cross-linguistic Vowel Perception, fricatives, turbulence, Fricative Auditory Spectra, fricative perception, vocal tract filter functions, affricates, stops, affricate, bandwidth, nasal stops, laterals, Nasalization, Nasal Consonant Perception
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