Undegraduate
Purpose: To introduce the learners to modern linguistics and to provide them with skills in language structure and usage, including aspects of language development.
are produced and how they influence one another in speech contexts;
XHS122F isiXhosa Literature (Foundation)
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Say and write what one means.
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Hear what is said and what is hidden.
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Defend one’s point of view, to argue, to persuade, to negotiate, to create, to reflect and to invent.
XHS112F isiXhosa Linguistics (Foundation)
Purpose: Students will be equipped to:
- Explore relationships, personal, structural and political.
- Speak, read and write with confidence.
- To make one’s voice heard.
- Read, print and resist it where necessary.
- Understand the relationship between language and power.
XHS111/111E IsiXhosa Linguistics
Contents: (1)The phonetic and phonological description of the sounds of language and of isiXhosa in particular: how they are produced and how they influence one another in speech contexts;
(2) The morphological, syntactic and semantic description of isiXhosa.
XHS122/122E isiXhosa Literature
Purpose: This module will equip students with introductory knowledge, skills and values to be writers and critics, in the field of isiXhosa literature. They will be equipped to:
- Say and write what one means.
- Hear what is said and what is hidden.
- Defend one’s point of view, to argue, to persuade, to negotiate, to create, to reflect, to invent.
- Explore relationships, personal, structural and political.
- Speak, read and write with confidence.
- To make one’s voice heard.
- Read print and resist it where necessary.
- Understand the relationship between language and power.
XNM111/111E IsiXhosa non-Mother-tongue
XHS211/211E Xhosa Linguistics
XHS212/212E Oral Literature and the origin of modern isiXhosa literature
Purpose: This module will equip students with knowledge, skills and values to be writers and critics, in the field of isiXhosa literature. They will be equipped to: • Say and write what one means. • Hear what is said and what is hidden. • Defend one’s point of view, to argue, to persuade, to negotiate, to create, to reflect to invent. • Explore relationships, personal, structural and political. • Speak, read and write with confidence. • To make one’s voice heard. • Read print and resist it where necessary. • Understand the relationship between language and power.
Purpose: To teach language reconstruction and change; to introduce learners to language in society and to multi-lingualism through comparative study.
Contents: Further study in Historical and Comparative Linguistics and the classification of ‘Bantu’ languages, and introduction to socio-linguistics.
XHS312/312E IsiXhosa poetry and drama
Purpose: The module is aimed at assisting the learner to acquire an advanced knowledge of Xhosa poetry and drama. This includes the study of literary theory and the application of the relevant literary principles in the analysis of Xhosa poetry and drama texts.
XHS323/323E Nguni Linguistics (Advanced)
Purpose: To equip learners with skills in terminology, lexicography and other language development skills, and with a broad knowledge of modern language theories.
XHS324/324E IsiXhosa Prose
Purpose: The module is aimed at assisting the learner to acquire an advanced knowledge of Xhosa prose. This includes the study of literary theory and the application of the relevant literary principles in the analysis of Xhosa prose texts.