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Alteration: Diminutives and Augmentatives in Contemporary Italian
DRAŠAROVÁ, Lenka
This thesis deals with alteration: diminutives and augmentatives in contemporary Italian, and their pragmatic functions. The aim of this thesis is to create a list of diminutives and augmentatives used in Italian fiction. The analysis of expressions is based on the texts contained in InterCorp. The starting point is a theoretical introduction to the word formation with special attention to alterative suffixes in Italian and Czech language, with a partial comparison to Spanish. The thesis also concentrates on hypocorisms, phonological and suffixal restrictions, and lexicalization of alteratives. An integral part is the chapter dedicated to pragmatics, speech acts theory and pragmatic use of alterative suffixes. The results of this thesis represent concrete illustrations for various communication situations documented from corpus.
Epistemic Modality in Specialized Spanish and Czech Texts: A Comparative Analysis
DRAŠAROVÁ, Lenka
The thesis deals with the epistemic modality, its types and modes of expression in specialized Spanish and Czech texts. The aim of this thesis is to perform a comparative analysis which is based on a statistical analysis of linguistic texts. The introduction primarily concentrates on the different typologies of Czech and foreign authors, the classification of modal attitudes, and the lexical and grammatical means of expressing modality. The result of this thesis is the comparison of the frequency that can be observed between the aforementioned languages.
The use of subjunctive/indicative with operators of probability modality in Latin American Spanish (central, Mexican and Caribian areas).
DRAŠAROVÁ, Lenka
The purpose of this bachelor thesis is to verify the use of subjunctive/indicative after operator quizás in all of its possible variations, and also taking into account regional usage differences in Latin American Spanish, focusing on the Central area (Costa Rica, Nicaragua) and the Caribbean area (Cuba, Puerto Rico, Panama and Dominican Republic). The introduction deals with the theoretical aspect of this grammar phenomenon and the rest of the thesis concentrates on statistical research which has been developed with the help of the Royal Spanish Academy's corpus CREA.

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