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The media image of an independent Kosovo in the newspapers MF DNES and Pravda
Pospíšil, Adam ; Králová, Kateřina (advisor) ; Šafařík, Petr (referee)
The subject of the thesis is to analyze the transformation of news in the Czech and Slovak press when Kosovo declared an independence from Serbia in 2008. The periodicals chosen to be analyzed are Czech newspaper MF DNES, which is considered serious and also most widely read and the Slovak significant daily news Pravda. Using the content analysis and the theory of agenda setting, the paper will focus on media image interpretation of the Republic of Kosovo. The aim of the research is to answer the question, whether it is possible to identify coverage of the Kosovo conflict in the two newspapers as independent. Both newspapers are investigated together and the result is a comparsion of their approach to the Kosovo issue.
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Unconditionals, Correlatives and Relatives in Libyan Arabic
Srire, Mariam ; Pospíšil, Adam (advisor) ; Bielický, Viktor (referee)
(in English): This bachelor thesis deals with the description and analysis of the grammatical means used in Libyan Arabic for the formation of a range of syntactic constructions, namely basic questions, unconditional constructions, correlatives, free relatives and headed relatives. Unconditionals and their various variants represent the most extensive part of the thesis. The topic was inspired by the project "From Interrogatives to Relatives" led by Radek Šimík, which deals with these grammatical constructions from different perspectives and also studies them in different varieties of colloquial Arabic. The main goal was to collect data and provide an adequate description of these constructions in Libyan Arabic, as this area of grammar is not sufficiently explored in Arabic dialectology. The thesis also attempts to confront the described constructions with two existing hypotheses about the structure of these constructions. Key words (in English): Libyan Arabic, unconditional, correlative, free relative, Arabic syntax, Arabic linguistics, Arabic dialectology
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The Idafa construction in Arabic and its morphosyntactic behaviour
Pospíšil, Adam ; Křivan, Jan (advisor) ; Zemánek, Petr (referee)
The so called Idafa construction is the central means for coding an attributive relation between two nominal phrases in Arabic. The semantics of the relation is rather vague, but it generally corresponds to a typical cross-linguistic concept of possession. This paper presents an analysis of the way this construction is marked, using the fundamental distinction between dependent-marking and head-marking features, which is outlined in Nichols (1986). It turns out that the traditional label classifying Idafa as a genitive construction can be misleading, since the morphosyntactic role of the genitive ending is rather dubious and it is rather the head-marking features that signal the presence of the relation. However, these features seem a little obscure since they do not dwell in adding a affixu to the head noun, but rather in imposing certain restrictions on the head (only bare heads are allowed and the head is left unspecified for the category of definiteness). In addition, as the analysis is aimed at the natural spoken use of Modern Standard Arabic, I take into account the socio-pragmatic variation presented by the possibility of reducing the nominal endings in speech, approached insightfully in Magidow (2009). These reductions give rise to a slightly different structural view of the morphosyntax of this...
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Arabic in the context of the United Nations
Al-Shiekhli, Balsam ; Bielický, Viktor (advisor) ; Pospíšil, Adam (referee)
Arabic is currently the latest official language of the United Nations. It acquired this remarkable language status in 1973, opening a debate on the role of this language in the United Nations. This bachelor's thesis analyses the position of Arabic among the other five official languages of the UN, the most important events of its development and growth in this organization, as well as its function within the language services of this multilingual environment. The thesis provides an overview of the common and different features of the UN languages, it outlines the most important factors surrounding the introduction of Arabic into the organization, and it describes the scope of work of the UN language departments and language professionals. Additionally, the excursus of this thesis examines specific traits of Arabic observed in the speeches given by prominent individuals addressed to the UN via diplomatic correspondence. Lastly, the thesis offers to the reader a list of basic Arabic-English-Czech UN terminology. Keywords: UN, multilingualism, Modern Standard Arabic, Arabic in diplomacy, Arabic terminology of the UN, translation, interpretation
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Phonological Phenomena of Tunisian Arabic
Žišková, Veronika ; Pospíšil, Adam (advisor) ; Zemánek, Petr (referee)
(anglicky) This bachelor thesis deals with the phonology of Tunisian Arabic and aims to introduce and describe selected phonological phenomena of the most important Tunisian dialect, the dialect of the capital Tunis and its surroundings. The work is based on the use of secondary literature. In the introduction, I first introduces the chosen transcription. I briefly mention historical influences on Tunisian dialect and its sociolinguistic status in the context of Arab dialectology. The main part of the thesis focuses on phonological characteristics such as syllable structure, accent determination, vocal phonemes, consonant phonemes, diphthongs, vocal length changes, consonant gemination and consonant assimilation. In summary, the thesis tries to cover as wide a spectrum of phenomena as possible and focuses on some of them in more detail. Topics to which the largest space will is devoted are metathesis and vocal reduction. Finally, some morphonological phenomena related to phonological phenomena are considered. All important phenomena are illustrated on real language examples. In some cases, comparison with Modern Standard Arabic is also made to illustrate the existing differences. So far, very few publications have been devoted to Tunisian Arabic and its phonology. The aim of this work is to...
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Modality in Baghdadi Arabic
Poseva, Sofiia ; Pospíšil, Adam (advisor) ; Bielický, Viktor (referee)
The thesis provides a basic description of elementary modal expressions appearing in Baghdadi Arabic (BA). The basic methodological framework is adopted primarily from typological and descriptive-linguistic literature dealing with the classification of the types of modality. The information is partly taken from existing descriptions of various varieties of Iraqi Arabic. However, In view of the fact that the means to express different types of modality in BA are not exhaustively described in the literature, exemplification based on authentic data processed directly for purposes of this research are at the heart of the thesis. Spontaneous data was collected from public available sources (both spoken and written) and was complemented by data with native- speaker consultants (especially to identify differences in meaning between existing modal means). The thesis thus provides a description of modal constructions in BA based primarily on real language data.
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Mahraganat as an expression of young Egyptians
Kotalová, Karolína ; Ondráš, František (advisor) ; Pospíšil, Adam (referee)
Thesis abstract Mahraganat is a distinctive Egyptian music genre which originated in the late 2000s in suburban neighborhoods in Cairo as a cultural expression of the young generation of Egyptian men. Its significance went beyond the genre of dance music since it has become a social phenomenon which reflects issues of the subculture which is associated with this genre and environment. This thesis focuses on thematic analysis of mahraganat songs' lyrics and the socio-cultural context of this phenomena.
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Le Roi est mort, vive le Roi! The change of management in Berlin's Volksbühne 2015-2018.
Pospíšil, Adam ; Pšenička, Martin (advisor) ; Just, Vladimír (referee)
Práce je koncipována jako případová studie, jež usiluje o kvalitativní rozbor diskuse kolem transformace berlínského divadla Volksbühne v době jmenování a aktivního působení intendanta Chrise Dercona. Komparativním způsobem, prostřednictvím teoretické školy kritické diskurzivní analýzy, mapuje, překládá a analyzuje klíčové dokumenty, čímž přispívá k pochopení širších divadelních, kulturních a politických souvislostí, které doprovázely/jí výměnu ředitelství a vizi proměny dramaturgie a provozu této přední evropské scény. ABSTRACT The thesis is conceived as a case study that focuses on qualitative analysis of the discussion around the transformation of the Volksbühne Berlin during the time of the Chris Dercon's appointment and intendantship. In a comparative way, through the theoretical school of critical discourse analysis, it maps, translates and analyses key documents, thus contributing to an understanding of the broader theatrical, cultural and political contexts that have accompanied the exchange of management and the new vision of the dramaturgy and policy of this famous European Theatre.
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Serial verb constructions in Arabic
Pospíšil, Adam ; Zemánek, Petr (advisor) ; Siegl, Florian (referee)
DIPLOMOVÁ PRÁCE SERIAL VERB CONSTRUCTIONS IN ARABIC Konstrukce sériových sloves v arabštině Bc. Adam Pospíšil Abstract The aim of this thesis is to investigate multi-verb structures in Egyptian Arabic (EA) which show some characteristics attributed to the typological notion of serial verb constructions (SVC). After providing a preliminary definition of an EA-specific SVC notion, the author examines a substantial quantity of data from EA, gathered mostly on social networks, in order to describe the syntactic and semantic behavíour of constructions which are yielded by such definition. Finally, the results of this investigation are considered from the perspective of the definition of SVC as a comparative concept provided by Haspelmath (2016), so as to view the observed constructions in a typological context.
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The Idafa construction in Arabic and its morphosyntactic behaviour
Pospíšil, Adam ; Křivan, Jan (advisor) ; Zemánek, Petr (referee)
The so called Idafa construction is the central means for coding an attributive relation between two nominal phrases in Arabic. The semantics of the relation is rather vague, but it generally corresponds to a typical cross-linguistic concept of possession. This paper presents an analysis of the way this construction is marked, using the fundamental distinction between dependent-marking and head-marking features, which is outlined in Nichols (1986). It turns out that the traditional label classifying Idafa as a genitive construction can be misleading, since the morphosyntactic role of the genitive ending is rather dubious and it is rather the head-marking features that signal the presence of the relation. However, these features seem a little obscure since they do not dwell in adding a affixu to the head noun, but rather in imposing certain restrictions on the head (only bare heads are allowed and the head is left unspecified for the category of definiteness). In addition, as the analysis is aimed at the natural spoken use of Modern Standard Arabic, I take into account the socio-pragmatic variation presented by the possibility of reducing the nominal endings in speech, approached insightfully in Magidow (2009). These reductions give rise to a slightly different structural view of the morphosyntax of this...
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