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Portuguese of the State of Minas Gerais
Pushchanka, Aliaksandra ; Hricsina, Jan (advisor) ; Svobodová, Petra (referee)
The Brazilian Portuguese is versatile and exhibits a rich dialectological diversity. The state of Minas Gerais in terms of its population is the second biggest state of Brazil, and the local dialect, the Mineiro Portuguese, is one of the most widely spoken dialects in the country. This thesis aims to elaborate an introduction to the variant of the Portuguese language spoken in Minas Gerais in the framework of the Brazilian Portuguese and peculiarities of its development. Along with the Brazilian dialectological studies one of the focal points is reporting the most significant dialectological studies carried out in the area of the Mineiro Portuguese, the results of which point out to the most characteristic features of this dialect. The historic aspects of the establishing of the state of Minas Gerais serve as the basis for interpreting the most distinct traits of its language. In this way, this thesis offers a general overview of the Mineiro Portuguese, which may serve as a modest contribution to spreading the knowledge about the dialect outside of Brazil and a better understanding of the problematic of the dialectological diversity of the Brazilian Portuguese.
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Realization of the Spanish vocal i by Czech learners
Čechová, Štěpánka ; Čermák, Petr (advisor) ; Zavadil, Bohumil (referee)
This thesis focuses on the realization of high front vowel in Czech and Spanish, with respect to second language acquisition. In the first part, general theoretical concepts are explained, such as fossilization, SLA, critical period, and SLA model designed by Flege (1995) and also a comparison of the Spanish and Czech vowel is given. As Czech and Spanish vocalic systems are very similar, the subtile phonetic differences are to be detected in the second part where realizations of these two vowels in selected consonantal contexts are analysed. Key words: Second Language Acquisition, Phonetics, Interlanguage, Spanish, high front vowel.
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