Courses at Károli 2015
Autumn 2015
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Bevezetés az angol nyelvészetbe szem. / Introduction to English linguistics seminar
BAN 1111 Thurs 12pm, 2pm: schedule available @ Moodle
TNA 1111 Fri 10am, 12pm: schedule available @ Moodle
Not more than 3 classes can be missed. Assessment will be based on in-class performance and weekly small tests, out of which not more than 3 can be missed. In the calculation of the final mark, the 8 best results will be taken into account (out of a total of 11).
Intro.Topics: Intro - Sentence structure - Word structure - Articulation - Sound structure.
Intro.Reading: Varga (2010) Introduction to English Linguistics: pp.8-16; 56-64; 52-54; 48-52; 38-46 -- Balogné Bérces (ms.) The Structure of English: Ch. 1.1, 2.1.
Intro.Supplementary material/reading: Nádasdy Ádám: Bevezetés a nyelvtudományba c. előadássorozata - on nyest.hu (in Hungarian), e.g.: a nyelvelsajátításról - a nyelvelsajátításról még egyszer - nyelv és gondolkodás - Elfelejthető-e az anyanyelv? - Egy mondat: négy értelem - A nyelvi doktizmus - szemnyelvjárás - The History Of The English Language In One Chart - on semantic change - a few idioms - youtube videos: Jabberwocky in the Muppet Show - bee dance
RAN 0121/a-b Mai angol nyelv 1: Fonetika és fonológia / English phonetics and phonology correspondence course Fri 3.30pm/5.15pm Rm221 Sept 18, Oct 2, 16, Nov 13, 27. Test: Dec 4 or 11: schedule available @ Moodle
Topics: the basics of standard (British) E pronunciation (segmental inventory, processes, letter-to-sound regularities) - phonemic transcription - pronunciation practice - E vs. Hu pronunciation.
Reading: Balogné Bérces -- Szentgyörgyi (2006) Chapters 1--4, 11--12, and parts of Ch.5--7. Extra exercises (somewhat outdated format, may not run properly on your computer): "Highlights" here.
Requirements and assessment: active participation in class - not more than 1 class missed - written test in December (MuCh test + transcription from the Blacklist and the list of proper nouns -- see the Appendices). Sample questions with key: https://btk.ppke.hu/uploads/articles/6624/file/proneng-szombat-samplequ.pdf (note that this sample test does not contain the transcription exercise with proper nouns).
Course material: Exercise package - Appendix 1 - Appendix 2 - Appendix 3 (For homework: schwa video @ BBC PronTips - listening exercise audio file.mp3)
Supplementary: Nádasdy, Ádám (2003) Practice book in English phonetics and phonology - Nádasdy, Ádám (2006) Background to English pronunciation - Kovács, János - Siptár, Péter (2000) Újra angolra hangolva. Az angol kiejtés könyve (= (2006/2010) A-Z angol kiejtés) - searchable online English pronunciation dictionary © Péter Szigetvári - various online dictionaries, e.g., www.macmillandictionary.com
Links: Mássalhangzós folyamatok és a szóhatár: Szigetvári Péter írása a nyest.hu-n. És a folytatás: Ameddig a hangtan ellát Ez pedig az R-törlésről és a betoldott R-ről, zenével és videókkal, illetve a Jé-törlésről meg a [t]-ről. Do syllables exist? in The Guardian. Why do we have silent letters in the English language? in The Independent.
Videos: Why is phonetics important? - R-dropping in NYC English - Gerappa - Glottal stops - Schwa - How to Pronounce Difficult U.K. Place Names -
BBC Pronunciation tips (has been archived; not all functions work properly :-( ) - Paul Meier's Pronunciation Lessons -
Dr. Szilárd Szentgyörgyi's (Univ. of Pannonia, Veszprém) lecture on letter-to-sound regularities in English at mindentudas.hu.
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Spring 2015
BAN 2112/06f-07g-08h = TNA 2112/03c-04d-05e Mai angol nyelv 1: Fonetika és fonológia szem. / English phonetics and phonology seminar (see schedules in Moodle)
Accompanying Facebook group: BBK proneng 2015
Topics: the basics of standard (British) E pronunciation - phonemic transcription - pronunciation practice - E vs. Hu pronunciation.
Back-up reading: Balogné Bérces -- Szentgyörgyi (2006) Extra exercises (somewhat outdated format, may not run properly on your computer): "Highlights" here.
Requirements and assessment: in-class performance (not more than 3 classes can be missed) - weekly small tests (not more than 3 can be missed) - online homework exercises (advertised on FB each Fri, to be completed before midnight the next Fri, not more than 3 late submissions) - home reading. Final marks will be based on the 7 best test results.
Course material: Exercise package (downloadable from FB) (Listening exercise audio file.mp3)
Supplementary: Nádasdy, Ádám (2003) Practice book in English phonetics and phonology (library) - Nádasdy, Ádám (2006) Background to English pronunciation - Kovács, János - Siptár, Péter (2000) Újra angolra hangolva. Az angol kiejtés könyve (= (2006/2010) A-Z angol kiejtés) - searchable online English pronunciation dictionary © Péter Szigetvári - various online dictionaries, e.g., www.macmillandictionary.com
Links: Mássalhangzós folyamatok és a szóhatár: Szigetvári Péter írása a nyest.hu-n. És a folytatás: Ameddig a hangtan ellát Ez pedig az R-törlésről és a betoldott R-ről, zenével és videókkal, illetve a Jé-törlésről meg a [t]-ről. Do syllables exist? in The Guardian. Why do we have silent letters in the English language? in The Independent.
Videos: Why is phonetics important? - R-dropping in NYC English - Gerappa - Glottal stops - Schwa - How to Pronounce Difficult U.K. Place Names -
BBC Pronunciation tips - Paul Meier's Pronunciation Lessons -
Dr. Szilárd Szentgyörgyi's (Univ. of Veszprém) lecture on letter-to-sound regularities in English at mindentudas.hu.
