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Popularity of the Olympic Games among high school and university students
Svobodová, Petra ; Voráček, Josef (advisor) ; Šíma, Jan (referee)
Title: Popularity of the Olympic Games among high school and university students Objectives: The aim of this bachelor thesis is to find out the knowledge of the Olympic games among the Czech students. The data are compared by type and field of study. Methods: In order to meet the main goal of the bachelor thesis, primary data collection was required. Marketing research used quantitative method, questioning. Knowledge of the students were investigated using an electronic questionnaire created on Survio.com. The research file included 206 respondents. Results: The knowledge of Czech students about the Olympic Games can be considered as average. From the final comparison of the results, we can state that the differences between the types and fields of studies are significant. Students of bachelor degrees with their knowledge exceeded students of secondary schools and master's degrees especially in questions about history, past and future Olympic games. Among study fields dominated the students of sport fields. They know sports and year of the first Olympic games almost perfectly. Keywords: Questioning, Olympic games, popularity, marketing research, knowledge, respondent
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The Influence of English on Contemporary Brazilian Portuguese
Sochorová, Veronika ; Hricsina, Jan (advisor) ; Svobodová, Petra (referee)
This bachelor thesis offers an overview of the influence that English has on contemporary Brazilian Portuguese. The thesis is based on secondary literature and it is comprised of seven parts. The first part describes history of linguistic and cultural contact that Brazil has had with English-speaking countries. The thesis then moves chronologically to the current contact. It mentions the unique position of English as a lingua franca. The text also explains that many extra-linguistic factors are involved in the development of a language; these are connected to culture and lifestyle of English-speaking countries as well as technological development. The thesis also addresses the topic of Brazilian language policy. The subsequent three parts describe specific examples of lexical, syntactical and orthographical influence. Finally, the thesis also describes other results of the language contact, namely: Portinglês, an interlanguage, and the influence of Portuguese on English.
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A Portuguese Approach to the Internet Comunication Language
Šulcová, Jana ; Hricsina, Jan (advisor) ; Svobodová, Petra (referee)
This thesis researches the use of the Portuguese language in informal communication on Internet. The language code on Internet is influenced by the nature of its environment, demanding rapidity and the desire for spontaneity similar to verbal communication. In the theoretical part, not only did we summarise pieces of knowledge from lexicology and sociology, but we also focused on typical phenomena in internet communication. In the practical part, we performed lexical, syntactic and morphological analysis of corpora from Internet discussions and Brazilian and Portuguese chats. At the end, we present an analysis of the results from the questionnaires that were used to ask the respondents about their habits in informal communication on Internet.
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THE POSITION OF THE ADJECTIVE IN THE NOMINAL SYNTAGMA IN CONTEMPORARY PORTUGUESE
Černá, Barbora ; Hricsina, Jan (advisor) ; Svobodová, Petra (referee)
(in English): This Bachelor thesis deals with the position of adjectives in nominal syntagma in contemporary Portuguese language. The work is divided into two parts - theorical and practical. In the theorical part we give a general characteristic of the adjective and we summarize the grammarian's main propositions of its position. We divide the practical part into two chapters. The aims of the first one consists of an elaboration of a list of adjectives and its regular or dominant position and in the consecutive comparison of results with the rules presented in grammars. The second chapter is dedicated to the adjectives which change their meaning depending on their position. Here we present the statistics of the most used Czech equivalents, based on results obtained by an analysis of the corpus project Intercorp.
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Legal Proceeding of Establishment and Disputing Parentage
Svobodová, Petra ; Frintová, Dita (advisor) ; Kubešová, Silvia (referee)
Legal Proceeding of Establishing and Disputing Parentage The topic of this thesis is the legal proceedings of establishing or disputing parentage. The aim of the thesis is to provide complex description and analysis of current framework of the proceedings for establishing or disputing parentage in relation to the substantive measures, point out problematic areas and weak spots of the legislation and provide possible solutions de lege ferenda. The text is divided into eight chapters. First chapter deals with the term "parentage" from various perspectives - biological, social, legal and the link between them, mainly with the case law of the Supreme Court, Constitutional Court and the European Court of Human Rights in mind. Second chapter provides the historical evolution of the legal framework for establishing and disputing parentage, going all the way back to the ancient Rome, Austrian Civil Code, the Family Law Code and the Family Code, to the present, where the civil law underwent re-codification and the whole area of family law has been included within the new Civil Code. The third chapter is devoted to the analysis of the substantive measures regarding the establishing and disputing of parentage as described in the Civil Code, because the substantive measures and procedural measures are closely...
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THE INFLUENCE OF THE ARABIC LANGUAGE ON PORTUGUESE
Bedrníček, Jiří ; Hricsina, Jan (advisor) ; Svobodová, Petra (referee)
The influence of a Semitic language, Arabic, on Portuguese vocabulary is the subject of this thesis. To contextualise this investigation, the first part of this thesis provides an introduction to Arabic, its history, and its linguistic particularities, as well as an overview of the history of Arabic influences upon Portuguese. Particular attention is given to the phonetic transformations of Arabic loan words resulting from the contact and exchange between speakers of these languages. Portuguese was influenced by Arabic in discrete phases, which are described in detail: the period of Muslim rule in Portugal in the Middle Ages and the period of migration of African Muslim slaves and the Syro-Lebanese population to Brazil. Having outlined Arabic words brought into Portuguese usage, the second part of this thesis then turns to the analysis of this corpus of loan words. Thanks to various Portuguese corpora, the frequency of Arabic loan words is analysed. This thesis is completed with an appendix including supplementary information about Arabic and cities of the former Gharb Al-Andalus. Key words: Arabic, Portuguese, lexicology, Arabic loan words, Syro-Lebanese migration, semantic fields
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Occurrence and interpretation of the portuguese modal verbs "poder" and "dever" in forensic context: contributions to an analysis in legal language
Sousa Coelho Ramos, Joaquim Jose ; Hricsina, Jan (advisor) ; Svobodová, Iva (referee) ; Svobodová, Petra (referee)
Occurrence and interpretation of modal verbs 'dever' and 'poder' in juridical context: contributions to an analysis in legal language Joaquim J. S. Coelho Ramos Abstract: This work aims to study the specific linguistic behavior, as well as to answer emerging questions related to the interpretation of the modal verbs 'poder' and 'dever' in the context of legal language, namely in legal and jurisprudential textual typologies. To achieve this goal, a research strategy was designed based on three distinct lines: 1) through the systematization of an historical perspective and keeping in mind the present state of the art, we've defined a methodological approach oriented into the applied studies of the modality, in European Portuguese; 2) interacting with the knowledge already acquired and relatively stabilized in other languages, namely English, French and Spanish, we sought points of contact or conceptual proximity with related phenomena identified in Portuguese legal language basis; 3), departuring from emerging questions and specific problems triggered by this technical manifestation of Portuguese language (legal language), we sought to identify phenomena associated with the verbs 'poder' and 'dever' which could somehow be stabilized and brought to the context of present linguistic theory studies, especialy to...
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The realizations of the phoneme /b/ in contemporary European Portuguese
Traugottová, Zuzana ; Hricsina, Jan (advisor) ; Svobodová, Petra (referee)
This thesis focuses on the possible realizations of the phoneme /b/ in contemporary European Portuguese. The theoretical section introduces the basis of the research and the existing knowledge in the field of phonology, particularly in terms of syllable structure and base syllabification. In the practical section, the design of the study and the data collection are closely described. The goal of this thesis is to test the existing knowledge in the field. To that end, the acoustic analysis is applied to the productions of five informants. In addition to confirming the tendency towards fricativization in various contexts, the results also show interesting data with regard to the possibility of devoicing before a voiceless segment or before a pause.
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Portuguese of the State of Minas Gerais
Pushchanka, Aliaksandra ; Hricsina, Jan (advisor) ; Svobodová, Petra (referee)
The Brazilian Portuguese is versatile and exhibits a rich dialectological diversity. The state of Minas Gerais in terms of its population is the second biggest state of Brazil, and the local dialect, the Mineiro Portuguese, is one of the most widely spoken dialects in the country. This thesis aims to elaborate an introduction to the variant of the Portuguese language spoken in Minas Gerais in the framework of the Brazilian Portuguese and peculiarities of its development. Along with the Brazilian dialectological studies one of the focal points is reporting the most significant dialectological studies carried out in the area of the Mineiro Portuguese, the results of which point out to the most characteristic features of this dialect. The historic aspects of the establishing of the state of Minas Gerais serve as the basis for interpreting the most distinct traits of its language. In this way, this thesis offers a general overview of the Mineiro Portuguese, which may serve as a modest contribution to spreading the knowledge about the dialect outside of Brazil and a better understanding of the problematic of the dialectological diversity of the Brazilian Portuguese.
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