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Selected Phonetic Aspects of English within Hindi Oral Texts
Sokolkina, Polina ; Strnad, Jaroslav (advisor) ; Šturm, Pavel (referee)
The aim of this diploma thesis is to investigate and describe selected phonetic aspects of modern Hindi in normal speech. Special emphasis is placed on description of phonetic features of segments in English within Hindi oral texts. In introduction, an issue of Hindi and English coexistence within Hindi surroundings is discussed. In the theoretical part, phonological systems of Hindi and English are described and compared. The practical part focuses on phonetic analyses of English words and/or utterances inserted in Hindi speech, exploring and comparing similar speech sounds in Hindi and English within Hindi oral texts. The research is based on a speech material with a high level of spontaneity. The material is provided by native Hindi speakers and is taken from several moderated TV shows.
The passive voice in old Awadhi
Sokolkina, Polina ; Strnad, Jaroslav (advisor) ; Melnikova, Nora (referee)
This thesis concerns with an investigation of the passive voice in Old Awadhi on the basis of one of the most important and extensive works composed in this literary dialect of Hindi - Padmávat of Malik Muhammad Jayasi (ca. 1494-1542). The main objective of the work is to compare different kinds of passives in Old Awadhi to the ones of modern standardized Hindi, both in terms of form and and in terms of its possible modal meanings. Besides theoretical description of formal and semantic aspects of the passive voice and analysis of passive verb forms in Old Awadhi, supported with a numer of specific examples, the thesis contains a description of the literary and linguistic context of Padmávat and a brief characteristic of Old Awadhi. Key words: Hindi, passive voice, modality, Old Awadhi, Jayasi, Padmavat

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