Course for international guest/part time students

Faculty
Faculty of Humanities
Organization
BTK Department of English Linguistics
Code
BBI-ANG-241E
Title
Phonology
Usual semester
Both
Published semester
2026/27/1
ECTS
2
Language
en
Description
Code for non-international students start with BBN
Learning outcomes
The aim of this course is to introduce basic phonological analysis and survey the major segmental rules of the sound pattern of English.
Course content
The course is a detailed discussion of the principal segmental properties of the sound pattern of English and the phonological rules that are required to handle them. Some dialectal differences will also be discussed (General/Traditional British English, Current British English, Standard American English/General American).
Assessment method
There is a final written examination, which consists of a qualifying section, transcription, fill-in questions and multiple choice items.
Bibliography
Select chapters from Nádasdy Ádám (2006) Background to English Pronunciation (Phonetics, Phonology, Spelling). Budapest: Nemzeti Tankönyvkiadó.

Programmes of the course

Title (code) Lang. Level Mandatory Year ...
BBA English and American Studies - American Specialisation (BTK-I-ANGAME-SPEC-NBEN) en 6 Mandatory 2/3
BBA English and American Studies - English Specialisation (BTK-I-ANGANGOL-SPEC-NBEN) en 6 Mandatory 2/3
BBA English and American Studies with a Preparatory Year - American Specialisation (BTK-I-BANGL-PREPAME-NBEN) en 6 Mandatory
CEEPUS (BTK-CEEPUS-NXXX) en Mandatory
Erasmus Studies (BTK-ERASMUS-NXXX) en Mandatory
Guest Studies (BTK-I-VENDEG-NXEN) en Mandatory
Part-time Programme (BTK-I-RÉSZKÉP-NXEN) en Mandatory
Part-time Programme (BTK-RÉSZKÉP-NXHU) hu Mandatory
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