Courses at Ružomberok

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Spring/summer 2026                            Consultations:

video meetings by appointment (in e-mail): 24/7 but primarily Wed;

in person: by appointment (!) Mon 12.00-13.00 Rm F325;

my dates are 16(-17) Feb, 2 March, 16 March, 30 March, (20 Apr), 27 Apr, 11 May.

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Courses

Fonetika a fonológia a. j. / English phonetics and phonology - Mon 8.00-9.30, 9.40-11.10 F013

Lecture course/prednáška for 3rd-semester BA students. MOODLE GROUP.

Readings: Pavlík, R. (2003) Phonetics and Phonology of English: A Theoretical Introduction. Bratislava: PdF UK. Download pdf. - Roach, P. (2009) English Phonetics and Phonology. A Practical Course. CUP. Download pdf. Peter Roach's website. “Sounds of English” chart here.
SCHEDULE.

Blacklists: Blacklist 1 - Blacklist 2. Practise with the Blacklist 1 quizlet course and Blacklist 2 quizlet course © Emese Szabó (KRE, Bp).

Assessment: optional online midterm quiz + exam in the exam period (practical part: transcription and Blacklists; theoretical part: oral interview). Practise with the Interactive Phonemic Chart and the /fəˈni:mɪk/ Script Typewriter.

Download the Longman Pronunciation Dictionary <3 Unzip it, find and double-click the .exe file. To any error message, say “OK” :) If you get stuck, let me know. BBC Pronunciation tips. Geoff Lindsey's videos. Linking-r video and game. R listening exercise and audio file.

Štylistika / Stylistics - Tue 8.00-9.30, 9.40-11.10 F013

Lecture course/prednáška for 1st-semester MA students. 

Topics: the scope of stylistics - aims of stylistic analysis - linguistic levels and stylistic analysis - stylistic markers - texts as discourse - functional categories and style (transitivity, modality, cohesion) - cognitive stylistics - schema theory, figure and ground, cognitive metaphor theory - the main genres and their characteristics - conversation, media, law, science, advertising.

Readings: Simpson, P. (2004) Stylistics: A Resource Book for Students. London and New York: Routledge. Available in the library, plus here :-) Supplementary: Gibbons, A. & Whiteley, S. (2018) Contemporary Stylistics: Language, Cognition, Interpretation. Edinburgh University Press. - Jeffries, L. & McIntyre, D. (2010) Stylistics. Cambridge: CUP. - Bhatia, V. K. (1993) Analyzing Genre. Essex: Longman Group.

Assessment: 30-100% oral exam (terms & definitions from a list posted in the schedule) + by choice: 30% in-class performance, 2x20% homework (pre-reading and presenting chapters from Part A of Simpson 2004, 4-5-page long readings). SCHEDULE.

Historický vývin jazyka / History of English - Mon 13.00-14.30, 14.40-16.10 F013

Lecture course/prednáška for 3rd-semester MA students. Oral exam in the exam period. Topics, sources.

Kritické skúmania 5 / Critical studies 5: The logic (?) of English spelling - Mon 16.20-17.50; Tue 13.00-14.30 F013   Dates: 22/23 Sept, 6/7 Oct, 20/21 Oct, 3/4 Nov, 10 Nov, 18 Nov, 1/2 Dec.

Seminar/cvičenie for 5th-semester BA students.
Topics: Sounds vs. letters - historical evolution: internal sound changes and external influence - graphic position and sound value (vowel laxing unmarked in spelling - consonantal letters and digraphs: the special cases - foreignisms and other irregularities).
Background reading: BBK & Szentgyörgyi, Sz. (2006) The Pronunciation of English. Budapest.
Blacklists: Blacklist 1 - Blacklist 2. Practise with the Blacklist 1 quizlet course and Blacklist 2 quizlet course © Emese Szabó (KRE, Bp).
Planned dates of tests: 21 Oct, 2 Dec.

(Rozširujúce štúdium: Úvod schedule -- Syntax 1 schedule -- Lexicology schedule )

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