BBN–ANG–141 Foundations of phonology 0. About this course
Péter Szigetvári
Dept of English Linguistics, Eötvös Loránd University
11 February 2009
phonology courses of the Eng&AmStud BA programme
one course/pair of courses each year for Eng. spec. students year 1: BBN–ANG–141 Foundations of phonology lecture (a.k.a. intro
phono), 45mins/week, 2 creditsTHIS IS WHERE YOU ARE NOW!
year 2: core phonology courses
a. BBN–ANG–241Phonology lecture, 45 mins/week, 2 credits b. BBN–ANG–242Phonology seminar (for major students only),
90 mins/week, 3 credits
year 3: BBN–ANG–243 Advanced phonology lecture (for students specializing in English only), 90 mins/week, 3 credits
topics of this course
phonetics
◮ consonants
◮ vowels
◮ acoustic phonetics
orthography
◮ sound values of vowel letters
◮ graphic positions
◮ laxing rules, tensing environments
topics of this course (cont’d)
phonology
◮ consonants of English
◮ vowels of English
◮ R rules
◮ phonotactics
◮ stress and intonation
◮ accents of English
set texts, URL, assessment
obligatory reading
◮ Ádám Nádasdy. 2006. Background to English pronunciation:
Phonetics, phonology, spelling. Budapest: Nemzeti Tankönyvkiadó.
course’s home page
http://seas3.elte.hu/szigetva/courses/intro-phono assessment
you will have to register for and sit a written examination in May/June,
warning
attendance
being present at the lectures is not obligatory, but experience shows that it is useful for taking the exam successfully
failing rates at previous examinations
1 2 3 retake total
spring 2007 62/105 76/173 59/123 197/401
autumn 2007 9/17 16/27 9/14 34/58
spring 2008 29/99 56/111 77/129 65/128 227/467
autumn 2008 6/22 8/25 4/7 18/54
