Credit Hours - 3

In this course, we will consider what morphology is and its place in relation to other areas of
linguistics such as phonology and syntax. The course will also examine certain morphological
phenomena found among the world‘s languages. Topics to be discussed include the
classification of morphemes according to position, distribution and function. We will also
discuss such morphological processes as inflection, derivation, compounding, reduplication,
and other word-formation processes.

Credit Hours - 3

The goal of the course is to introduce students to the general principles that underlie how words are combined into larger syntactic units. The course deals with the arrangement of words into phrases, clauses and sentences as well as how languages differ in the structure of these units. Topics to be treated include: word classes, phrase structure, sentence structure and syntactic processes.

Credit Hours - 3

The course introduces students to phonetics as a branch of Linguistics. It focuses on the mechanisms behind the production of speech sounds. It also deals with the description, classification and transcription of speech sounds. It will further provide students the opportunity to practise the production of speech sounds. Topics include: speech organs, airstream mechanisms, phonation types and articulation, vowels, consonants and suprasegmentals.

Credit Hours - 3

This course provides an overview of the language situation in Ghana, within the context of the West African sub-region. It aims to give students a working knowledge of the genetic and typological groupings of languages spoken in Ghana. Issues of language development, language in development, and national language policy will also be examined.

Credit Hours - 3

Carbohydrates Metabolism: Digestion of carbohydrates, glycolysis and fate of pyruvate in different organisms; tricarboxylic acid (TCA) cycle; pentose phosphate pathway and fate of reduced coenzymes; catabolism of monosaccharides other than glucose; gluconeogenesis, Calvin Benson cycle, Cori cycle, glyoxylate cycle; glycogenesis and glycogenolysis; regulation of carbohydrate metabolism; Diseases of carbohydrate metabolism. Aerobic metabolism of pyruvate, starvation and obesity. The coenzyme role of B vitamins. Changes in nutritional requirement and metabolic rate in injury and disease. Lipids Metabolism: Digestion of triacylglycerols; the different lipases (lipoprotein lipase, hormone-sensitive lipase); fate of glycerol; beta-oxidation of fatty acids; fate of products (acetyl and propionyl CoA, ketone bodies, reduced coenzymes); synthesis of fatty acids triacylglycerol, cholesterol; regulation of metabolism. Protein Metabolism: Digestion of proteins, transamination, deamination and decarboxylation of amino acids and the fate of ammonia (urea cycle) and carbon skeleton; metabolism of specific amino acids (aromatic and sulphur-containing amino acids); synthesis of amino acids; in-born errors of amino acid metabolism; regulation of metabolism. Enzymes as biological catalyst: Enzyme kinetics and concept of rate-determining step. Enzyme specificity and allosteric regulation. Mechanisms of enzyme action and examples. Coenzymes and vitamins. Drugs and their effect on enzymes.