Phonetic aspects of fluency in read and spontaneous speech
| Thesis title in Czech: | Fonetické aspekty plynulosti ve čtené a spontánní řeči |
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| Thesis title in English: | Phonetic aspects of fluency in read and spontaneous speech |
| Key words: | angličtina|plynulost|souvislá řeč|vázání|prozodické frazování|mluvní tempo|české mluvčí |
| English key words: | English|fluency|connected speech|linking|prosodic phrasing|speech rate|Czech speakers |
| Academic year of topic announcement: | 2018/2019 |
| 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: | 18.03.2019 |
| Date of assignment: | 18.03.2019 |
| Administrator's approval: | not processed yet |
| Confirmed by Study dept. on: | 22.03.2019 |
| Date and time of defence: | 03.09.2020 00:00 |
| Date of electronic submission: | 22.03.2019 |
| Date of proceeded defence: | 03.09.2020 |
| Submitted/finalized: | committed by worker on behalf on and finalized |
| Opponents: | doc. Dr. phil. Eva Maria Luef, Mag. phil. |
| Guidelines |
| Pokyny k vypracování: - prostudovat relevantní literaturu a vypracovat přehled dosavadních nálezů o plynulosti a rozdílech mezi jazyky - vybrat z databáze Fonetického ústavu a z databáze LINDSEI nahrávky 8 českých mluvčích - provést segmentaci nahrávek na prozodické fráze - provést poslechovou a akustickou analýzu prozodického členění a poslechovou analýzu vázání - porovnat obecné i individuální tendence a vyvodit závěry |
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