Sociophonetic study of dysfluent behaviour in native English speakers

• Thesis title in Czech: Sociofonetická studie dysfluentního chování u rodilých mluvčích angličtiny
• Thesis title in English: Sociophonetic study of dysfluent behaviour in native English speakers
• Key words: dysfluencie, dysfluentné chovanie, sociofonetika, rodení hovoriaci angličtiny, frekvencia výskytu, variabilita, vek, pohlavie
• English key words: dysfluencies, dysfluent behaviour, native English speakers, sociophonetics, frequency, variation, age, gender
• Academic year of topic announcement: 2013/2014
• Thesis type: Bachelor's thesis
• Thesis language: angličtina
• Department: Department of the English Language and ELT Methodology (21-UAJD)
• Supervisor: doc. Mgr. Radek Skarnitzl, Ph.D.
• Author: hidden - assigned and confirmed by the Study Dept.
• Date of registration: 27.05.2014
• Date of assignment: 27.05.2014
• Administrator's approval: not processed yet
• Confirmed by Study dept. on: 03.06.2014
• Date and time of defence: 12.09.2016 08:30
• Date of electronic submission: 14.08.2016
• Date of proceeded defence: 12.09.2016
• Submitted/finalized: committed by student and finalized
• Opponents: PhDr. Tomáš Gráf, Ph.D.

Guidelines

- prostudovat relevantní literaturu a vypracovat přehled dosavadních nálezů o hezitačním chování v angličtině a o vlivu příslušnosti k různým sociálním skupinám na řečový projev
- pořízení a zpracování nahrávek 40 mluvčích (automatická segmentace, manuální úprava cílových kontextů)
- poslechová a akustická analýza cílových kontextů
- porovnat obecné, skupinové i individuální tendence a vyvodit závěry

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