Comparing the effect of segmental and prosodic manipulations on speaker’s accentedness and comprehensibility

• Thesis title in Czech: Porovnání vlivu segmentálních a prozodických manipulací na sílu cizineckého přízvuku a pocit srozumitelnosti
• Thesis title in English: Comparing the effect of segmental and prosodic manipulations on speaker’s accentedness and comprehensibility
• Key words: angličtina|český mluvčí|cizinecký přízvuk|pocit srozumitelnosti|výslovnost|prozodie|hodnocení
• English key words: English|Czech speaker|accentedness|comprehensibility|pronunciation|prosody|evaluation
• Academic year of topic announcement: 2017/2018
• 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: 19.02.2018
• Date of assignment: 19.02.2018
• Administrator's approval: not processed yet
• Confirmed by Study dept. on: 27.02.2018
• Date and time of defence: 17.06.2019 09:00
• Date of electronic submission: 24.05.2019
• Date of proceeded defence: 17.06.2019
• Submitted/finalized: committed by student and finalized
• Opponents: doc. Luca Cilibrasi, Ph.D.

Guidelines

- prostudovat relevantní literaturu a vypracovat přehled dosavadních nálezů o dimenzích cizineckého přízvuku a o roli segmentálních a prozodických jevů při osvojování cizího jazyka
- vybrat z databáze Fonetického ústavu vhodné mluvčí a vybrat vhodné úseky
- provést segmentální a prozodické manipulace
- sestavit percepční test a zadat ho min. 20 respondentům
- analyzovat vliv segmentálních a prozodických jevů na sílu cizineckého přízvuku a na subjektivní srozumitelnost mluvčích
- porovnat obecné i individuální tendence a vyvodit závěry
Práce bude vypracována v anglickém jazyce.

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