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Teaching and Researching Translation, 2nd edition

Author: Basil Hatim

School: National Open University of Nigeria

Department: Arts and Humanities

Course Code: ARA383

Topics: Teaching Translation, Researching Translation, translation studies, applied linguistics, translation analyst, reflective practice, Bridging cultural and linguistic differences, pragmatics, translator invisibility, gendered translation, metatext, literary, Polysystem theory, Manipulationists, translation purpose, Translation strategy dichotomies assessed, Translation strategy, relevance theory, text procesning, genre, genre norms, discourse practices, literal translation

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

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

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

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