Phonetic realisation of selected obstruents in Irish English

• Thesis title in Czech: Fonetická realizace vybraných obstruentů v irské angličtině
• Thesis title in English: Phonetic realisation of selected obstruents in Irish English
• Key words: irská angličtina|explozivy|frikativy|akcent|alofony
• English key words: Irish English|accent|plosives|fricatives|allophones
• Academic year of topic announcement: 2016/2017
• 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: 23.03.2017
• Date of assignment: 23.03.2017
• Administrator's approval: not processed yet
• Confirmed by Study dept. on: 24.03.2017
• Date and time of defence: 19.06.2018 00:00
• Date of electronic submission: 16.04.2018
• Date of proceeded defence: 19.06.2018
• Submitted/finalized: committed by student and finalized
• Opponents: Mgr. Ondřej Tichý, Ph.D.

Guidelines

- prostudovat relevantní literaturu týkající se irské angličtiny, především její zvukové podoby
- pořídit nahrávky čtené a spontánní řeči od alespoň 15 mluvčích irské angličtiny
- provést manuální segmentaci cílových kontextů
- provést pečlivou poslechovou analýzu realizace cílových obstruentů
- analyzovat výskyt jednotlivých variant v závislosti na segmentálním a prozodickém kontextu
- porovnat obecné i individuální tendence a vyvodit závěry

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