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Passive in Legal language in German and Czech. Contrastive analysis
Pekárková, Ludmila ; Zeman, Dalibor (advisor) ; Martschini, Elisabeth (referee)
The presented diploma thesis is concerned with German-Czech comparison of the passive voice in legal language. In the theoretical part, the issue of German and Czech passive voice is explained through technical secondary literature. One can find there their basic forms differentiation, the way of their formation, their use in sentences and other basic characteristics. Furthermore, this part introduces the issue of technical language as the current area of today's linguistics. The theoretical findings are employed in the practical part, namely on the Maastricht contract. Firstly, the passive of the German variant of the document is analyzed followed by the analysis of the Czech version. Both of these parts are the starting point of the contrasting exploration of the two language varieties of the mentioned legal document. Czech alternatives to their German passive voice constructions were found, following these three criteria: substitution of German passive voice by Czech active voice, semantic dissonance between the two variants, and the absence of certain passive constructions in the Czech contract. At the end of the thesis, there is an evaluation of the following four hypotheses which were stated at the beginning. The first three hypotheses, which are concerned with matters such as the superiority...
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Problems English Speakers Face with Pronunciation of German Sounds
Jansová, Iva Bernadetta ; Nečasová, Pavla (advisor) ; Zeman, Dalibor (referee)
This bachelor thesis explores differences between English and German language on the level of Phonetics and Phonology and defines German sounds causing the biggest difficulties to English speakers. Firstly, specialized literature sources are consulted, in which English and German sound systems are outlined, and after comparing these two systems, a hypothetical list of crucial problematic sounds is created. In the practical part it is intended to confirm or disprove the problematic character of these selected sounds based on the analysis of authentic recordings of English native speakers. The aim of the thesis is to compile a theoretically and practically verified list of the most problematic German sounds for learners with English as a mother tongue, or as an already acquired foreign language, so that the list can be used by the students themselves as well as the teachers of German as a Foreign/Second Language. Keywords: English Phonetics and Phonology, German Phonetics and Phonology, Contrastive Phonetics, Comparative Phonetics, German as a Second Language, German as a Foreign Language
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Selected German modal particles and their equivalents in Czech language on the basis of language corpus
Smrkovský, Michal ; Zeman, Dalibor (advisor) ; Nečasová, Pavla (referee)
This bachelor thesis analyses modal particles as a subject which isn't thoroughly defined. This disaccord is demonstrated on a selection of German and Czech grammars. Not only problems that hamper a greater interest for this area are examined, but also the overall criteria that determine which lexemes are or aren't to be a part of this category. In the practical part the results of a corpus-based research are examined, organized by their functional meaning, and a plethora of Czech equivalents is presented. Those are analysed as far as their suitability goes, leaving a few highly frequented and in regards of their equivalence very close ones. The actual result of this thesis is a list of those equivalents.
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Utilization of the Relationship between German, English and Czech in Teaching German as a Foreign Language
Veselý, Ondřej ; Lobenstein-Reichmann, Anja (advisor) ; Zeman, Dalibor (referee)
The thesis examines the utilization of linguogenetic (Proto-Indo-European) and cultural- historic (through borrowing) relationships among European languages in instruction and self- study of foreign languages, and as a means of strengthening European unity. As an example serves German, English and Czech, occasionally Latin and Old Greek, in Teaching German as a Foreign Language. The methods are secondary sources research (to present concise history of the languages and their ancestral proto-languages), analysis of linguistic relationships (between 450 lexemes of the German basic vocabulary and their semantic equivalents - translations - in English, Czech, occasionally Latin and Old Greek) and an opinion survey (among 75 respondents about their interest in the historiolinguistic approach and about their belief in this improving the international relations). The results showed that more than a half of the 450 German words are linguogenetically cognate to English and a significant amount of them also to Czech and Latin. On the contrary, borrowings did not play such an important role within the basic wordstock. Most respondents expressed some kind of interest into the historiolinguistic approach and many of them also believed this approach to have a positive impact on intercultural aspects. KEY WORDS...
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Austiacisms in the work of Christine Nöstlinger and their position in Austrian German in present time
Hambálková, Zuzana ; Zeman, Dalibor (advisor) ; Haupenthal, Thomas Maria (referee)
The Diploma Thesis "Austriacisms in the work of Christine Nöstlinger and their position in Austrian German in present time" deals with austriacisms from the theoretical and practical point of view. It focuses on the conception of austriacisms from different points of view according to linguistic experts, the analysis of the terms from the novel of Nöstlinger and most importantly on the practical sociolinguistic research. The results of this research have shown that the hypothesis was proven. The hypothesis lies in the fact that the informants know autriacisms and that they actively use them. Austriacisms are a consistent and living part of the present colloquial German language. These expressions are not considered to be an archaism and the informants are proud that this variety of the German language has enriched the standard language. The usage of austriacisms is considered to be a part of the Austrian history and culture. Key words: austriacism, lexicology, sociolinguistics, Austrian literature, sociolinguistic research Powered by TCPDF (www.tcpdf.org)
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Abbreviatory words and their appereance in tabloid and broadsheet
Málková, Lucie ; Zeman, Dalibor (advisor) ; Haupenthal, Thomas Maria (referee)
In thetheoretical part ofthe thesis the student definesthelexical term Kurzwortbildungaccording to secondaryliterature. Shescrutinesthepossibilityofproductionaccording to linguisticexperts. Thanshedealswithinception and processofabbreviatorywords. In thetheoretical part ofthe thesis thestudentsdoes a synchronicresearchofusagetheabbreviatorywords in tabloid and broadsheet. Shespecifiesthe genesis of these words. The point ofthisresearchis to comparethe frekvence ofappereance these words in tabloid and broadsheet. Afterthatthereistheassessmentoftheresults. Keywords: Abbreviatorywords, tabloid, broadsheet
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Light verb constructions and their using in German journalistic texts
Pekárková, Ludmila ; Zeman, Dalibor (advisor) ; Martschini, Elisabeth (referee)
This bachelor thesis deals with issue of light verb constructions and its usage in German journalistic texts. The objective of the theoretical part is to explain on the basis of scholarly literature basic terms such as light verb construction (LVC), function verb and full verb. After that light verb constructions are also distinguished by syntactic and semantic criteria, which specify the rules for usage of light verb constructions in practice. The individual rules are shown on example sentences. The objective of practical part is to analyze and compare usage of light verb constructions in German journalistic texts (Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, Bild) using tables as well as graph sands identify from semantic view point which types of light verb constructions were in texts most often. On the basis of this observation it was found out that serious newspaper Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung contained more of these constructions than tabloid Bild. This fact derives from usage of nominal style, which is preferred in official and journalistic texts nowadays. Keywords light verb construction, function verb, full verb, journalistic texts
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