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studies:graduation:final_examination:topics:ba-english:linguistics [2020-01-21 14:06] – PĂ©ter SzigetvĂĄristudies:graduation:final_examination:topics:ba-english:linguistics [2020-03-11 10:12] – [final examination topics: BA, English track: linguistics] PĂ©ter SzigetvĂĄri
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 = final examination topics: BA, English track: linguistics = final examination topics: BA, English track: linguistics
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 # The areas of linguistics. Definition and components of grammar. Other areas of linguistics. Distinction between phonetics/phonology, semantics/pragmatics, descriptive/prescriptive grammar. # The areas of linguistics. Definition and components of grammar. Other areas of linguistics. Distinction between phonetics/phonology, semantics/pragmatics, descriptive/prescriptive grammar.
 # Language variation. Codes and situations. Language and dialect, standard and non-standard, speech and writing. Style. # Language variation. Codes and situations. Language and dialect, standard and non-standard, speech and writing. Style.
-# Words and morphemes: free vs bound; roots vs affixes; inflection vs derivation; (level) ordering in morphology; blocking (synonymy).+# Words and morphemes: free vs bound; roots vs affixes; inflection vs derivation; ordering of affixes in morphology; blocking (synonymy).
 # Language change. Historical linguistics. Sound change, grammatical change, lexical change. Language families, their branches. Proofs for the relatedness of languages. # Language change. Historical linguistics. Sound change, grammatical change, lexical change. Language families, their branches. Proofs for the relatedness of languages.
 # Speech sounds, phonemes, allophones, distributions, phonetic similarity, alternations, neutralization. # Speech sounds, phonemes, allophones, distributions, phonetic similarity, alternations, neutralization.
-# The connection between spelling and pronunciation, regular and irregular spelling, the indication of different vowel categories (tense vs lax, checked vs free) in spelling. +# The connection between spelling and pronunciation, regular and irregular spelling, the indication of different vowel categories (tense vs lax or checked vs free) in spelling. 
-# Segmental rules: r-dropping/r-insertion, the influence of R on the preceding vowel, l-darkening/l-vocalization, yod-dropping, aspiration, flapping, glottalization, past and 3sg.pres/plural allomorphy.+# Segmental rules: r-dropping/r-insertion, the influence of R on the preceding vowel, l-darkening/l-vocalization, yod-dropping, aspiration, flapping, glottalization and glottal replacement, past and 3sg.pres/plural allomorphy.
 # Stress rules, word stress, compound stress, sentence stress, stress clash, stress shift; intonation. # Stress rules, word stress, compound stress, sentence stress, stress clash, stress shift; intonation.
 # Syntactic aspects of words: word categories; distribution; categorial features; thematic and functional categories; subcategorisation; the lexicon. # Syntactic aspects of words: word categories; distribution; categorial features; thematic and functional categories; subcategorisation; the lexicon.
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 === suggested readings === suggested readings
  
-* Victoria Fromkin & Robert Rodman.(1998). An Introduction to Language (Sixth Edition). Harcourt Brace Jovanovich College Publishers. +* Victoria Fromkin, Robert Rodman (& Nancy Hyams). 1998–. An Introduction to Language. Harcourt Brace Jovanovich College Publishers. 
-* David Crystal.(1997) The Cambridge Encyclopedia of Language. Cambridge University Press. +* David Crystal. 1997. The Cambridge Encyclopedia of Language. Cambridge University Press. 
-* NĂĄdasdy ÁdĂĄm (2006) Background to English Pronunciation (Phonetics, Phonology, Spelling). Budapest: Nemzeti Tankönyvkiadó +* NĂĄdasdy ÁdĂĄm. 2006. Background to English Pronunciation (Phonetics, Phonology, Spelling). Budapest: Nemzeti Tankönyvkiadó 
-* [[http://primus.arts.u-szeged.hu/bese/|Newson, Mark, Marianna HordĂłs, DĂĄniel Papp, Krisztina SzecsĂ©nyi, Gabriella TĂłth and Veronika Vincze (2006) Basic English Syntax with Exercises, BölcsĂ©sz Konzorcium, Budapest.]]+* [[http://primus.arts.u-szeged.hu/bese/|Newson, Mark, Marianna HordĂłs, DĂĄniel Papp, Krisztina SzecsĂ©nyi, Gabriella TĂłth and Veronika Vincze. 2006/ Basic English Syntax with Exercises, BölcsĂ©sz Konzorcium, Budapest.]]
 * your lecture notes * your lecture notes