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General Rules: Postgraduate
A BA Degree with a major in Linguistics, English or
any African Language. A 60% pass in the major or a screening process.
Duration: Two years – full time
Three years – part time
Part time students ordinarily take half the workload
taken by full time students. The duration of the study for part time students is
two years for course work and a further one year for a mini-dissertation. The
period of study will be subject to review from time to time.
In the Second year, students will have the option of
specialising in any one of the following areas, with module clusters as
indicated:
Linguistics: (five modules) to be chosen from:
TRLI801, TRLI802, TRLI803, TRLI804, TRLI811
Translation: (four modules) to be chosen from:
TRLI805, TRLI806, TRLI811, And one of the following,
TRLI809 and TRLI810
Interpreting: (four modules) to be chosen from:
TRLI807, TRLI808, TRLI811, and one
of the following: TRLI809 andTRLI810
In addition each candidate for a Master's degree will
be required to submit an original mini-dissertation on an approved topic.
TRLI 701
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SOCIOLINGUISTICS |
Credits:
Credits: 17.1 |
Lectures per
week |
Practicals
per week |
Tutorials per
week |
Semester
|
4 x 45
minutes |
None
|
2
|
1
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Contents
|
Students
will be introduced to sociolinguistics, the problem of variation, the scientific
investigation of language, basic methodological concerns. Language, dialects and
varieties; pidgins and Creole languages, code switching, speech communities,
communicative competence, ethnography and ethnomethodology, language and sex,
language planning and language as a problem in Africa . |
Assessment
|
Students
will do both formative and summative assessments. The formative assessment will be
done in the form of assignments, tests and oral presentations. Formative value:
50% of the final mark. A summative assessment of 3 hours with a final value of
50%. |
Entry
Assumptions |
Students
must have a Bachelor's degree. |
Prerequisites |
A major
in an African Language or Linguistics, and a good knowledge of one official
indigenous language of South Africa . |
Co-requisites |
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TRLI 702
|
LEXICOGRAPHY |
Credits:
Credits: 17.1 |
Lectures per
week |
Practicals
per week |
Tutorials
per
week |
Semester
|
4 x 45
minutes |
None
|
2
|
1
|
Contents
|
Definition of lexicography, micro- and macro- structure of a
dictionary, dictionary types. Principles of selection and collection of materials,
primary and secondary sources, lexicography in South Africa , lexicography in
Europe and America , Imaginary dictionary projects. |
Assessment
|
Students
will do both formative and summative assessments. The formative assessment will be
done in the form of assignments, tests and oral presentations. Formative value:
50% of the final mark. A summative assessment of 3 hours with a final value of
50%. |
Entry
Assumptions |
Students
must have a Bachelor's degree. |
Prerequisites |
A major
in an African Language or Linguistics, and a good knowledge of one official
indigenous language of South Africa . |
Co-requisites |
|
TRLI 703
|
TRANSLATION THEORY |
Credits:
Credits: 17.1 |
Lectures per
week |
Practicals
per week |
Tutorials
per
week |
Semester
|
4 x 45
minutes |
None
|
2
|
1
|
Contents
|
Equivalence in translation, source text analysis, translation
and linguistics, cultural universals and translation, semantics, pragmatics,
stylistics, contrastive linguistics and translation, translation at word level,
translation above word level, text and translation. |
Assessment
|
Students
will do both formative and summative assessments. The formative assessment will be
done in the form of assignments, tests and oral presentations. Formative value:
50% of the final mark. A summative assessment of 3 hours with a final value of
50%. |
Entry
Assumptions |
Students
must have a Bachelor's degree. |
Prerequisites |
A major
in an African Language or Linguistics, and a good knowledge of one official
indigenous language of South Africa . |
Co-requisites |
|
TRLI 704
|
INTERPRETING THEORY |
Credits:
Credits: 17.1 |
Lectures per
week |
Practicals
per week |
Tutorials
per
week |
Semester
|
4 x 45
minutes |
None
|
2
|
1
|
Contents
|
Introduction to interpreting, historical overview, types of
interpreting, consecutive and simultaneous interpreting, Interpreting modes. The
profile of an interpreter, communication models, the interpreting process,
professional aspects of interpreting and translation, legal aspects of liaison
interpreting. |
Assessment
|
Students
will do both formative and summative assessments. The formative assessment will be
done in the form of assignments, tests and oral presentations. Formative value:
50% of the final mark. A summative assessment of 3 hours with a final value of
50%. |
Entry
Assumptions |
Students
must have a Bachelor's degree. |
Prerequisites |
A major
in an African Language or Linguistics, and a good knowledge of one official
indigenous language of South Africa . |
Co-requisites |
|
TRLI 705
|
SEMANTICS |
Credits:
Credits: 17.1 |
Lectures per
week |
Practicals
per week |
Tutorials
per
week |
Semester
|
4 x 45
minutes |
None
|
|
Second
|
Contents
|
Criteria
for ascertaining the adequacy of semantic theories which apply in addition to the
general conditions on scientific theories. Word meaning, phrase and sentence
meaning, semantic fields and componential analysis, multiple senses of lexical
items, lexical and structural ambiguity. |
Assessment
|
Students
will do both formative and summative assessments. The formative assessment will be
done in the form of assignments, tests and oral presentations. Formative value:
50% of the final mark. A summative assessment of 3 hours with a final value of
50%. |
Entry
Assumptions |
Students
must have a Bachelor's degree. |
Prerequisites |
A major
in an African Language or Linguistics, and a good knowledge of one official
indigenous language of South Africa . |
Co-requisites |
|
TRLI 706
|
TRANSLATION AND INTERPRETING PRACTICE
|
Credits:
Credits: 17.1 |
Lectures per
week |
Practicals
per week |
Tutorials
per
week |
Semester
|
4 x 45
minutes |
None
|
|
Second
|
Contents
|
This
module is mainly on the practical sections of the two: translation and
interpreting. Text of different types will be used to do the practical work. A
variety of text will be chosen to demonstrate specific theories done in the
previous modules. |
Assessment
|
Students
will do both formative and summative assessments. The formative assessment will be
done in the form of assignments, tests and oral presentations. Formative value:
50% of the final mark. A summative assessment of 3 hours with a final value of
50%. |
Entry
Assumptions |
Students
must have a Bachelor's degree. |
Prerequisites |
A major
in an African Language or Linguistics, and a good knowledge of one official
indigenous language of South Africa . |
Co-requisites |
|
TRLI 707
|
COMPARATIVE LANGUAGE STUDIES |
Credits:
Credits: 17.1 |
Lectures per
week |
Practicals
per week |
Tutorials
per
week |
Semester
|
4 x 45
minutes |
None
|
|
Second
|
Contents
|
On a
comparative basis the following will be treated: Universal grammar, Orthographies,
Typology and geneology (historical linguistics), Case, Tense, Aspect and
Agreement. |
Assessment
|
Students
will do both formative and summative assessments. The formative assessment will be
done in the form of assignments, tests and oral presentations. Formative value:
50% of the final mark. A summative assessment of 3 hours with a final value of
50%. |
Entry
Assumptions |
Students
must have a Bachelor's degree. |
Prerequisites |
A major
in an African Language or Linguistics, and a good knowledge of one official
indigenous language of South Africa . |
Co-requisites |
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