School of LangCom TRLI (Post-Graduate Studies)
BackGeneral 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 |
SOCIOLINGUISTICS |
Credits: Credits: 17.1 |
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Lectures per week |
Practicals per week |
Tutorials per week |
Semester |
4 x 45 minutes |
None |
2 |
1 |
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 . |
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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%. |
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Entry Assumptions |
Students must have a Bachelor's degree. |
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Prerequisites |
A major in an African Language or Linguistics, and a good knowledge of one official indigenous language of South Africa . |
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Co-requisites |
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TRLI 702 |
LEXICOGRAPHY |
Credits: Credits: 17.1 |
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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. |
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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%. |
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Entry Assumptions |
Students must have a Bachelor's degree. |
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Prerequisites |
A major in an African Language or Linguistics, and a good knowledge of one official indigenous language of South Africa . |
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Co-requisites |
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TRLI 703 |
TRANSLATION THEORY |
Credits: Credits: 17.1 |
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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. |
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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%. |
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Entry Assumptions |
Students must have a Bachelor's degree. |
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Prerequisites |
A major in an African Language or Linguistics, and a good knowledge of one official indigenous language of South Africa . |
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Co-requisites |
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TRLI 704 |
INTERPRETING THEORY |
Credits: Credits: 17.1 |
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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. |
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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%. |
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Entry Assumptions |
Students must have a Bachelor's degree. |
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Prerequisites |
A major in an African Language or Linguistics, and a good knowledge of one official indigenous language of South Africa . |
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Co-requisites |
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TRLI 705 |
SEMANTICS |
Credits: Credits: 17.1 |
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Lectures per week |
Practicals per week |
Tutorials per week |
Semester |
4 x 45 minutes |
None |
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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. |
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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%. |
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Entry Assumptions |
Students must have a Bachelor's degree. |
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Prerequisites |
A major in an African Language or Linguistics, and a good knowledge of one official indigenous language of South Africa . |
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Co-requisites |
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TRLI 706 |
TRANSLATION AND INTERPRETING PRACTICE |
Credits: Credits: 17.1 |
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Lectures per week |
Practicals per week |
Tutorials per week |
Semester |
4 x 45 minutes |
None |
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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. |
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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%. |
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Entry Assumptions |
Students must have a Bachelor's degree. |
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Prerequisites |
A major in an African Language or Linguistics, and a good knowledge of one official indigenous language of South Africa . |
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Co-requisites |
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TRLI 707 |
COMPARATIVE LANGUAGE STUDIES |
Credits: Credits: 17.1 |
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Lectures per week |
Practicals per week |
Tutorials per week |
Semester |
4 x 45 minutes |
None |
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Second |
Contents |
On a comparative basis the following will be treated: Universal grammar, Orthographies, Typology and geneology (historical linguistics), Case, Tense, Aspect and Agreement. |
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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%. |
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Entry Assumptions |
Students must have a Bachelor's degree. |
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Prerequisites |
A major in an African Language or Linguistics, and a good knowledge of one official indigenous language of South Africa . |
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Co-requisites |
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