Differences in vowel duration between Scottish English and Standard British English
| Thesis title in Czech: | Odlišnosti v trvání vokálů mezi skotskou angličtinou a standardní britskou angličtinou |
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| Thesis title in English: | Differences in vowel duration between Scottish English and Standard British English |
| Key words: | Angličtina, přízvuk, RP, Skotská angličtina, SVLR, trvání vokálů |
| English key words: | English, accent, RP, Standard Scottish English, SVLR, vowel length |
| Academic year of topic announcement: | 2014/2015 |
| Thesis type: | Bachelor's thesis |
| Thesis language: | angličtina |
| Department: | Department of the English Language and ELT Methodology (21-UAJD) |
| Supervisor: | Mgr. Pavel Šturm, Ph.D. |
| Author: | hidden - assigned and confirmed by the Study Dept. |
| Date of registration: | 02.09.2015 |
| Date of assignment: | 02.09.2015 |
| Administrator's approval: | not processed yet |
| Confirmed by Study dept. on: | 11.09.2015 |
| Date and time of defence: | 12.09.2016 08:30 |
| Date of electronic submission: | 16.08.2016 |
| Date of proceeded defence: | 12.09.2016 |
| Submitted/finalized: | committed by student and finalized |
| Opponents: | Mgr. Ondřej Tichý, Ph.D. |
| Guidelines |
| - studentka prostuduje relevantní literaturu a vypracuje přehled dosavadních studií o standardní britské angličtině (SBrE) a skotské angličtině (ScE), popř. dialektech angličtiny obecně; zaměření na temporální charakteristiky vokálů skotských mluvčích - studentka bude analyzovat nahrávky 6 mluvčích ScE a 6 mluvčích SBrE: - sama pořídí nahrávky 6 mluvčích skotské angličtiny - provede zpracování těchto nahrávek a navíc 2 nahrávek SBrE (tj. automatická segmentace, manuální úprava hranic všech vokálů) - akustická analýza, získání údajů o trvání vokálů v různých kontextech - statistické zpracování – porovnání obecných, skupinových i individuálních tendencí, vyvození závěrů |
| References |
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