The melodic characteristics of Ukrainian Czech

• Thesis title in Czech: Melodické charakteristiky ukrajinské češtiny
• Thesis title in English: The melodic characteristics of Ukrainian Czech
• Key words: prozodie|řečová melodie|základní hlasivková frekvence|cizinecký přízvuk|interference
• English key words: prosody|speech melody|fundamental frequency|foreign accent|interference
• Academic year of topic announcement: 2015/2016
• Thesis type: Bachelor's thesis
• Thesis language: angličtina
• Department: Institute of Phonetics (21-FU)
• Supervisor: prof. PhDr. Jan Volín, Ph.D.
• Author: hidden - assigned and confirmed by the Study Dept.
• Date of registration: 24.06.2016
• Date of assignment: 24.06.2016
• Administrator's approval: not processed yet
• Confirmed by Study dept. on: 25.07.2016
• Date and time of defence: 20.06.2018 09:30
• Date of electronic submission: 30.05.2018
• Date of proceeded defence: 20.06.2018
• Submitted/finalized: committed by student and finalized
• Opponents: PhDr. Jitka Veroňková, Ph.D.

Guidelines

Řešitel prostuduje problematiku osvojování prozodie nemateřského jazyka a připraví podklady pro sběr dat v terénu (dotazník, experimentální text, otázky pro řízený rozhovor). Nahraje alespoň 18 respondentů, kteří ovládají češtinu na úrovni B2-C1 ERR, jejichž mateřštinou je ukrajinština. Nahrávky řešitel označkuje na úrovních promluvový úsek – mluvní takt – hláska a stejnou přípravu provede i ve srovnatelných, již existujících nahrávkách českých (sběr materiálu P10-Prvouk). Provede analýzy akustických korelátů řečové melodie ve vzorcích rodilé a ukrajinské češtiny. Výsledky vztáhne k sociolingvistickým zjištěním z dotazníků.
The investigator will study the problem of acquisition of foreign language prosody and prepare materials for field data collection (a questionnaire, an experimental text, questions for interviews). He will record at least 18 respondents who speak Czech at B2-C1 ERR and whose native language is Ukrainian. The researcher will annotate the recordings at the levels of tone unit – phonological word – segment, and will perform the same preparation in the comparable existing Czech recordings (P10-Prvouk collection of materials). He will analyze the acoustic correlates of speech melodies in the samples of native and Ukrainian Czech. The results will be related to sociolinguistic findings from the questionnaires.

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