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Introduction to Agro-Climatology

Author: SD Musa

School: National Open University of Nigeria

Department: Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine

Course Code: AGR205

Topics: Agro-Climatology, climate, weather, Earth’s Atmosphere, Atmospheric Moisture, Condensation, Precipitation Process, seasonal variation, climatic elements

Agricultural Statistics And Data Processing

Author: Isaac Adeyinka

School: National Open University of Nigeria

Department: Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine

Course Code: AGR302

Topics: Agricultural Statistics, Data Processing, population, sample, frequency distribution, measures of variation, measures of location, probability, probability distributions, Descriptive Statistics, sampling, data collection, data processing techniques, inference, hypothesis testing, variance analysis, Correlation analysis, regression analysis, Covariance analysis, goodness of fit, Chi-Square Test, Field experimentation

Agro Climatology and Biogeography

Author: Dora Damar

School: National Open University of Nigeria

Department: Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine

Course Code: AGR309

Topics: Agro Climatology, Biogeography, Atmospheric heating, Atmospheric Moisture, heat transfers, water transfers, planetary scale, pressure systems, wind systems, condensation, Precipitation Processes, precipitation variation, Tropical Climate, latitude, altitude

Introduction to Genetics and Breeding

Author: M Kabir

School: National Open University of Nigeria

Department: Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine

Course Code: ANP312

Topics: Genetics, Breeding, Chromosomes, heredity, DNA, RNA, Genetic code, Mendelism, inheritance, Mendelian genetics, Mendelian Inheritance, Heritability, Quantitative inheritance, qualitative inheritance, Animal variation, breeding methods, gene action

Biodiversity

Author: Christian Leveque, Jean-Claude Mounolou

School: National Open University of Nigeria

Department: Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine

Course Code: AFM505

Topics: Biodiversity, genetic diversity, mutation, variation, Hidden genetic diversity, phenotypic identity, speciation, Extinctions, predation, Holling model, Patch dynamics, Spatial heterogeneity, temporal variability, Northern European terrestrial systems, Paleoenvironments, tropical rainforests, biological diversity, Continental aquatic systems, Overexploitation, Land use, Human onchocerciasis, Malaria, Morbilliviruses, Haemorrhagic fever viruses, antibiotic resistance, pesticide resistance, Genetic resources, biotechnology, Transgenesis, Ornamental plants, ornamental animals, ecotourism, National parks, Marine environments, Ex situ conservation, Botanic gardens, Zoological parks, conservation biology, Restoration ecology, species reintroduction

English Phonetics and Phonology, 2nd edition

Author: Philip Carr

School: National Open University of Nigeria

Department: Arts and Humanities

Course Code: EBG141

Topics: English Phonetics, English Phonology, Consonants, Airstream, Articulation, Secondary Articulation, Affricates, Nasal Stops, vowels, Primary Cardinal Vowels, short vowels, Long Vowels, Diphthongs, Phonemic Principle, Linguistic Knowledge, phoneme, Allophones, English Phonemes, English Consonant Phonemes, English Vowel Phonemes, English Syllable Structure, Language-Specific Phonotactics, Syllabic Consonants, Phonotactics, Syllable-Based Generalizations, Morphological Structure, Syllable Structure, Resyllabification, English Word Stress, Compound Words, English Intonation, Tonic Syllables, Tones, Intonation Phrases, Tonic Placement, Graphophonemics, Spelling–Pronunciation Relations, Vowel Graphemes, Consonant Graphemes, English accent variation, British Accents, Southern Hemisphere Accents, American Accents, Sound Recordings

Intonation, 2nd edition

Author: Alan Cruttenden

School: National Open University of Nigeria

Department: Arts and Humanities

Course Code: EBG141

Topics: Intonation, stress, accent, word-stress, English word-stress, Rhythm, Prosodic hierarchies, English nuclear tones, Pre-nuclear pitch accents, Contrastivity, comparative intonation, Dialectal variation, British English, Cross-linguistic comparisons, Comparative intonation-groupings, Declaratives, Pre-nuclear accents, Intonational change, Intonation acquisition

Advanced English Syntax

Author: BA Okolo

School: National Open University of Nigeria

Department: Arts and Humanities

Course Code: ENG222

Topics: English Syntax, Chomsky’s Universal Grammar, Parametric Variations, English Phrase Structure Rules, phrase, clause, Syntactic Processes, syntactic Relations, Minimalism

A Companion to Linguistic Anthropology

Author: Alessandro Duranti

School: National Open University of Nigeria

Department: Arts and Humanities

Course Code: ENG352

Topics: Linguistic Anthropology, language registers, speech community, codeswitching, sign languages variation, gesture, narrative lessons, poetry, Vocal Anthropology, Language Socialization, social inequality, Language Ideologies

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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