Melodic contours in political debates: comparison of British and American English
| Thesis title in Czech: | Melodické průběhy v politických debatách: srovnání britské a americké angličtiny |
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| Thesis title in English: | Melodic contours in political debates: comparison of British and American English |
| Key words: | prozodie|intonace|fráze|délka|intonační pohyb|intonační rozpětí|FMU|terminologie |
| English key words: | prosody|intonation|phrase|length|nuclear pitch movement|pitch range|FMU|terminology |
| Academic year of topic announcement: | 2021/2022 |
| Thesis type: | diploma 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: | 10.01.2022 |
| Date of assignment: | 10.01.2022 |
| Administrator's approval: | not processed yet |
| Confirmed by Study dept. on: | 13.01.2022 |
| Date and time of defence: | 01.02.2023 08:00 |
| Date of electronic submission: | 09.01.2023 |
| Date of proceeded defence: | 01.02.2023 |
| Submitted/finalized: | committed by student and finalized |
| Opponents: | doc. Dr. phil. Eva Maria Luef, Mag. phil. |
| Guidelines |
| - prostudovat relevantní literaturu týkající se intonace v britské a americké angličtině - pořídit a zpracovat nahrávky politických debat celkově od alespoň 16 mluvčích - provést manuální segmentaci prozodických frází a poslechovou identifikaci melodémů - změřit intonační rozpětí a melodickou variabilitu - porovnat melodické realizace a jejich rozpětí v obou varietách, obecné i individuální tendence a vyvodit závěry |
| References |
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