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Acoustic properties of word stress in read Czech English
Liska, Jan ; Volín, Jan (advisor) ; Skarnitzl, Radek (referee)
key words: Czech English, foreign accent, word stress, word accent, stressed syllable, duration, f0, acoustic cues. This study investigates the acoustic properties of word stress in Czech English. The notion of foreign accent is introduced and its drawbacks are presented. Further on the various influences on the perceived degree, or strength, of foreign accent are discussed. Faulty realization of word stress is identified as one of the factors that contribute to unintelligibility of non-native speech (Benrabah, 1997; Hahn, 2004; Cutler, 1984). In Chapter 2 we compare the results of studies that used speakers of a variety of languages and form a basic theory on the acquisition of acoustic cues to word stress. We are mostly interested in f0 and duration. This theory, based on the feature hypothesis (McAllister et al., 2002 in Lee, Guion & Harada, 2006), states that languages that have a similar stress system to that of English (Dutch, Arabic) use their native cues to signal word stress, while non-contrastive languages (Vietnamese, Czech) prefer cue/s that are phonologically active on segmental level in their native language. Speakers of Vietnamese, a tone language, were found to prefer f0 over duration (Nguyen, 2003), so for Czech, a language that uses phonological vowel duration, it is expected that...
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The influence of the Liberal party on UK politics 1974-1983
Liška, Jan ; Váška, Jan (advisor) ; Kasáková, Zuzana (referee)
The UK general election in February 1974 resulted in the first hung parliament after the Second World War. The result clearly signalled the British two party system is not what it used to be. The people of the United Kingdom was growing dissatisfied with the inability Conservative and Labour governments to tackle the lengthy economic difficulties and other contemporary issues. The dissatisfaction was mirrored by a decline in support for the two main political parties and thereby by an increase of support for third parties, especially the Liberal Party. That is the reason why the Liberal Party enjoyed in this turbulent period from February 1974 general election to 1983 general election a much greater influence on the British politics than at any other point from 1945 to 2010. The aim of this paper is to explore in detail not only the Liberal influence on British politics, but also on British policy and polity. The paper focuses especially on the Lib-Lab pact of 1977-1978, on the birth of the Social Democratic Party and its alliance with the Liberals and on the prospects of the Alliance for the next general election.
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Machiavelli's double solutions of resolving Italian crisis. The Prince and Discourses
Liška, Jan ; Kučera, Rudolf (advisor) ; Kučera, Jan (referee) ; Franěk, Jakub (referee)
At the end of 15th and the beginning of 16th century, Italy found itself in a deep political crisis. Although Italy was the most developed part of Europe at that time both culturally and economically, large parts of the peninsula were under direct influence of foreign powers. As a great Florentine and Italian patriot Machiavelli was greatly saddened by development and reflected this situation in his writing. Two greatest pieces of his work The Prince and Discourses on Livy each offer a different solution to this crisis. In The Prince Machiavelli tries to find a way back to Italy's lost freedom and greatness through one extraordinary man - the prince, while in Discourses he concludes that only republican institution and just laws can be the solution. This paper aims to introduce both of these solutions presented by Machiavelli and by comparing them within the correct historical-political context ultimately decide which one of them would Machiavelli himself favour.
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Bartholomeus Spranger in the collections in Czech Republic
Liška, Jan ; Zlatohlávek, Martin (advisor) ; Nespěšná Hamsíková, Magdaléna (referee)
Diploma work contains the description of the personality of the painter Bartholomeus Spranger and his work in the Czech collections. The portrait painter Bartholomeus Spranger lived from the year of 1546 to the year of 1611. He was born in Antwerpen and afterwards he was travelling around the Europe. At first he was going to the France ( Paris and Lyon ) and then he was going to the Italy ( Parma, Milano and Roma ). In the year 1575 he is called up to the Vienna and afterwards in the year 1580 to the Prague. The object of this work is an analyse of production in Czech collections and evaluate of their authorship. Futher on then the object of this work is exploration the sources of Documentary and also a critical evaluation of the used literature.
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Wireless Control of Presentations by Pocket Computer
Liška, Jan ; Smrčka, Aleš (referee) ; Novosad, Petr (advisor)
This work deals with design and realization of an application for Pocket PC which controls presentation on notebook or desktop PC. The goal of this project is to free person from staying behind the computer during presentation. With this remote controller this person can move freely in the whole room and can be in better contact with audience. This document consists of short introduction to Pocket PCs and development tools for this devices. The main part describes concept and implementation of this application by client-server architecture. In the end there are suggestions for future development of this application.
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Wireless Networks Displaying on PDA
Liška, Jan ; Kočí, Radek (referee) ; Hanáček, Petr (advisor)
This work deals with design and realization od an application for Pocket PC which displays wireless networks on a map. The goal of this project is to display signal coverage of an area together with a base station. This paper also deals with GSM localization. The main part describes station position calculation, concept and implementation of the application. In the end there are suggestions for future development of the application.
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Fictional Worlds of Fantasy Literature
LIŠKA, Jan
This bachelor thesis focuses on issues of fictional worlds in fantasy literature. Basic terms important for creation of the fictional worlds and also creation of stories from fantasy genre will be explained in this thesis. The use of these theoretical basis will be shown on several examples from books within the fantasy genre. This thesis is also focusing on comparison of two fantasy stories Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll and The Chronicles of Narnia by C. S. Lewis. On those examples will be also shown how both significant authors of fantasy genre approached the theme of transition from the natural world into supernatural world. This thesis also show the different approaches to animal characters from both authors.
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Concept of KOSMOS in the Gospel of John
LIŠKA, Jan
The thesis deals with the question how to understand the concept of KOSMOS in the Gospel of John. The term KOSMOS can be translated into the Czech language as {\clq}qthe world``. The thesis engages in all verses in the Gospel of John in which KOSMOS is mentioned. Of course, it examines its context which is needed to understand this term. The aim of the thesis is to determine in which meaning the evangelist uses the term KOSMOS.
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Concept of power in the Gospel of John
LIŠKA, Jan
The thesis deals with the power in the Gospel of John, specifically with the term EXOUSIA, which means power or authority. This thesis engages in separate passages of the Gospel of John in which the evangelist uses the term EXOUSIA, it examines its context in which was the term used and tries to determine in which meaning it is used. Thereby,this thesis tries to answer the question what does the evangelist understand under the term power (EXOUSIA).
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