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Vitality of the current Galician language
Picková, Lenka ; Čermák, Petr (advisor) ; Zavadil, Bohumil (referee) ; Valeš, Miroslav (referee)
Mgr. Lenka Picková Vitality of the current Galician language Abstract: Never in the field of human history has the dying out of languages been as intense as it is in the present day. The goal of this paper is to assess the vitality of the one of the co- official languages in Spain, the Galician language. After an indispensable definition of the social-historical context, a deep, qualitative and quantitative analysis of nine factors is performed: inter-generational language transmission, education, the absolute and relative number of speakers, trends in existing language domains and media, governmental and institutional language attitudes, and, above all, the attitudes of Galician citizens toward their languages. In the final chapter, a summary of the results of these individual factors, as well as an assessment of their influence on the vitality of the Galician language, is provided. Key words: endangered languages, assessment of language vitality, Galician, language attitudes, minority languages, diglossia, languages in contact, national identity, speaker's attitudes.
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Vitality of the current Galician language
Picková, Lenka ; Čermák, Petr (advisor) ; Zavadil, Bohumil (referee) ; Valeš, Miroslav (referee)
Mgr. Lenka Picková Vitality of the current Galician language Abstract: Never in the field of human history has the dying out of languages been as intense as it is in the present day. The goal of this paper is to assess the vitality of the one of the co- official languages in Spain, the Galician language. After an indispensable definition of the social-historical context, a deep, qualitative and quantitative analysis of nine factors is performed: inter-generational language transmission, education, the absolute and relative number of speakers, trends in existing language domains and media, governmental and institutional language attitudes, and, above all, the attitudes of Galician citizens toward their languages. In the final chapter, a summary of the results of these individual factors, as well as an assessment of their influence on the vitality of the Galician language, is provided. Key words: endangered languages, assessment of language vitality, Galician, language attitudes, minority languages, diglossia, languages in contact, national identity, speaker's attitudes.
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SPECIFIC NURSING CARE FOR CHILDREN WITH UPPER RESPIRATORY
PICKOVÁ, Lenka
The first part of the Thesis on the topic Specifics of Nursing Care of Children with Upper Respiratory Disorders is aimed at upper respiratory tract anatomy and physiology, inflammatory diseases of upper respiratory tract and nursing care. The second part is a research one. Two research goals and two questions were set for the research. The aim of the work was to find out the specifics of nursing care of children with acute laryngitis and the most frequently occurring nursing diagnoses in children with acute laryngitis. The research questions were formulated as follows: 1 ? What nursing care specifics are required for children with acute laryngitis? 2 ? What are the most frequent nursing diagnoses in children with acute laryngitis? Qualitative research methods of interview, observation and documentation content analysis were applied on data collection. The first research sample consisted of nurses working at the paediatric department of the Strakonice Hospital. The second research sample consisted of children suffering from acute laryngitis hospitalized at the paediatric ward of the same hospital. An answer to the first question was formed upon evaluation of the results of interviews with nurses and upon observation: Nursing care of children suffering from acute laryngitis has its specifics based on ensuring upper respiratory tract clearance by dosing inhalation and medicaments according to practitioner?s order, ensuring child?s elevated position of and supply of fresh air to the room where the child lies. An answer to the second question was based on evaluation of nursing documentation analysis and on observation: The most frequent diagnoses in children with acute laryngitis are particularly Ineffective clearance of respiratory tract, Aspiration risk, Sleep disorder. The research results will be made available to nurses of the ward where the research took place as they may contribute to nursing care improvement. The practical output of the thesis involves two nursing diagnoses elaborated by the nursing process method.
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