Melodic patterning in advanced Czech students of English
Thesis title in Czech: | Melodické členění u pokročilých českých studentů angličtiny |
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Thesis title in English: | Melodic patterning in advanced Czech students of English |
Key words: | intonace|osvojování intonace|L2 angličtina|prozodie|studenti angličtiny|čeští mluvčí |
English key words: | intonation|acquisition of intonation|L2 English|prosody|students of English|Czech speakers |
Academic year of topic announcement: | 2020/2021 |
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: | 15.08.2021 |
Date of assignment: | 15.08.2021 |
Administrator's approval: | not processed yet |
Confirmed by Study dept. on: | 08.09.2021 |
Date and time of defence: | 16.06.2022 10:00 |
Date of electronic submission: | 26.05.2022 |
Date of proceeded defence: | 16.06.2022 |
Submitted/finalized: | committed by student and finalized |
Opponents: | Suzanne Lewis, M.A. |
Guidelines |
- prostudovat relevantní literaturu týkající se intonace v angličtině a osvojování melodických charakteristik cizího jazyka
- zpracovat nahrávky čteného textu od alespoň 15 mluvčích české angličtiny - pořídit a zpracovat nahrávky textu od stejných mluvčích s dvouletým odstupem a min. jednoho rodilého mluvčího angličtiny - provést manuální segmentaci prozodických frází - provést poslechovou analýzu melodických realizací - provést akustickou analýzu melodických vlastností prozodických frází - porovnat melodické realizace s dvouletým odstupem, obecné i individuální tendence a vyvodit závěry Práce bude vypracována v anglickém jazyce. |
References |
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