GHLS 443 — History and Development of a Ghanaian Language
Linguistics · University of Ghana
The course is aimed at introducing students to the history and development of the literacy of their language. It is meant to equip students with knowledge about how the writing of their language started and the trends that have taken place ever since. The topics to be treated include: sociolinguistic survey of the language, introduction of writing, the role of the missionaries, preand postindependence policies of MTE, and the teaching and learning of the Ghanaian language.
- Credits
- 3
- Level
- Level 400
Other courses on this programme
- GHLS 111 — Ghanaian Language Proficiency for Beginners
- GHLS 112 — Intermediate Ghanaian Language Proficiency
- GHLS 113 — Advanced Ghanaian Language Proficiency I
- GHLS 114 — Advanced Ghanaian Language Proficiency II
- GHLS 430 — Project
- GHLS 441 — Written Literature of a Ghanaian Language
- GHLS 442 — Advanced Composition in a Ghanaian Language
- GHLS 444 — Topics in Ghanaian Language Studies
- LING 417 — Language and Law
- LNGS 301 — Introduction to Phonology
- LNGS 302 — Syntax I
- LNGS 304 — Morphology and Syntax of a Ghanaian language
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Start freeCourse details from University of Ghana Volume 2 Handbook for the Bachelor's Degree: Course Descriptions for Programmes in the Humanities (2017).