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Language and Identity

This course introduces students to the discursive construction of identity through language. For this course, students will study different notions of identity and how

these different notions are determined through language and language use. Areas explored will include socio-cultural notions of identity, the concept of national identity,

ethno linguistic identity, issues related to language and gender, language and group identity as well as language issues related to post-modern notions of individual identity.

Course Code: 
ENG 909
No. of Credits: 
3
Level: 
Level 900
Course Semester: 
Second Semester
Select Programme(s): 
English

Seminar in Applied Linguistics

The course treats the application of the principles of English linguistics to the practical problems of language learning.  It also describes some theories of Applied

Linguistics that are normally employed in language teaching. Topics include Second language teaching; language learning theories, e.g. habit formation, rule formation,

deficit hypothesis and Kachru’s theories.

 

Course Code: 
ENG 907
No. of Credits: 
3
Level: 
Level 900
Course Semester: 
Second Semester
Select Programme(s): 
English

Issues in Semantic Analysis of English

This is a directed reading course focusing on various approaches to describing meaning including classical semantics, pragmatics, generative

semantics and Tarskian semantics. The issues guiding the readings are reference, truth, understanding, and knowledge

Course Code: 
ENG 905
No. of Credits: 
3
Level: 
Level 900
Course Semester: 
Second Semester
Select Programme(s): 
English

Studies in the New Englishes

This course explores the processes of the spread of English around the world in contemporary times as well as its different functions and forms. The course introduces students

to contemporary varieties of English in both native and non-native contexts. It also encourages students to examine the impact that non-native varieties of English have

on the development of English. Students will also be exposed to the attitudes of native and non-native speakers towards the power and domination of English today.

Areas to be considered include nativization, acculturation, language and power, language and identity, language and culture, and the linguistic description of Englishes,

especially Ghanaian English.

Course Code: 
ENG 903
No. of Credits: 
4
Level: 
Level 900
Course Semester: 
Second Semester
Select Programme(s): 
English

Language and Ideology

This course explores the system of ideas that pertains to social and linguistic relations. Ideology, as a systemic body of ideas in a society, is embodied in

the sociolinguistic structure of any given society. Thus, this course links language and ideology in order to explore the connections between discourse and

society as well as issues related to language and development of ideologies in society. Areas studied will include issues related to power and solidarity, language

and socio-political issues, and influence of ideology on daily texts and talk. Students are also taken through processes of analysing systemic ideological discourse

(e.g. institutional discourse) in order to recognise implied meanings and competing social values present in such discourses.

Course Code: 
ENG 910
No. of Credits: 
4
Level: 
Level 900
Course Semester: 
First Semester
Select Programme(s): 
English

Advanced Stylistics

The course seeks to discuss earlier and current linguistically motivated stylistic theories, with particular emphasis on the theoretical and methodological

problems in the application of linguistics to stylistic analysis of literary texts.   Two aspects of stylistics, Stylostatistics (study of statistical structure of literary texts),

and Phonostylistics (study of the expressive or aesthetic functions of sounds) will be the main areas of study.

Course Code: 
ENG 908
No. of Credits: 
4
Level: 
Level 900
Course Semester: 
First Semester
Select Programme(s): 
English

Topics in Modern English Grammar and Usage

This course is designed for students who intend to specialise in the study of English grammar. It deals in detail with selected topics such as the NP, complementation

of  verbs and adjectives in modern English, adverbial usage, pro-forms, theme and rhyme, sentence types and discourse functions, and the semantic and syntactic

functions of coordination and subordination. The analytical framework to be used will be the one adopted by the Quirk grammars and studies based on the

International Corpus of English (ICE). 

Course Code: 
ENG 906
No. of Credits: 
4
Level: 
Level 900
Course Semester: 
First Semester
Select Programme(s): 
English

Topics in English Phonology

The course equips students with knowledge about the major theories of phonology, including classical phonemics, prosodic phonology and generative phonology,

and then focuses on the segmental and non-segmental features of modern English.  There will also be a practical phonetics component involving the use of a language laboratory.

Course Code: 
ENG 904
No. of Credits: 
4
Level: 
Level 900
Course Semester: 
First Semester
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English

Corpus Linguistics

This course offers students the opportunity to study the development, construction and use of various corpora in the study of language. It stresses the core values of a corpus-based

analysis as a viable alternative to the competent-based approach of the transformation-generative school. Students will gain practical experience working with the International Corpus of English (ICE)

Course Code: 
ENG 902
No. of Credits: 
4
Level: 
Level 900
Course Semester: 
First Semester
Select Programme(s): 
English

Research Methods in English

The course exposes candidates to a wide range of qualitative and quantitative methods commonly used in language and literary research. Issues covered include research design, developing

appropriate data collection instruments, survey and field techniques, sampling methods, content analysis, statistical analysis, discussion and interpretation of findings, and reporting research.

Course Code: 
ENG 901
No. of Credits: 
4
Level: 
Level 900
Course Semester: 
First Semester
Select Programme(s): 
English

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