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Gender variation of selected Czech toponyms ending with a soft or ambiguous consonant
Pešková, Kateřina ; Synková, Pavlína (advisor) ; Adam, Robert (referee)
In Czech, the assignment of grammatical gender to certain place names ending in (what is known as) soft or hybrid consonants is inconsistent, especially in the spoken language. These toponyms used to be treated as masculine nouns but today are overwhelmingly codified as feminine nouns. The present paper takes a look at the way these toponyms are described in linguistic guides and compendia which specify their gender, their origination and their meaning, or describe their use in local dialects. Based on the data in those manuals, the author has created a list of gender-shifting toponyms, with a brief specification of the grammatical gender and colloquial use (exactly as described in the said manuals), so as to allow for their easy comparison. Selected toponyms (which are analyzed in more detail in the grammatical guides, or which were assigned a different gender by different guides and compendia) are the subject of a broader discussion within the context of this work. In another section, the present work references the results of an internet questionnaire designed to map the actual use of grammatical gender for these toponyms by native speakers. This questionnaire examined a number of toponyms that were selected for being generally known, or based on their frequency in various districts. Respondents were...
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Upper Savoyard culture and linguistic particularities
Šubrová, Veronika ; Jančík, Jiří (advisor) ; Suková Vychopňová, Kateřina (referee)
: This thesis discourses on the Upper-Savoyard region . The first part presents the Savoyard land and defines its geographic, history and demographic characteristics. The next part is focused on the local language, its particularities, historical evolution, division and influence on the French language. The very main part of the thesis describes the Upper-Savoyard culture by showing its literature, arts, sports and also gastronomy.
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Pronunciation Features of Czech Language - Dialect Analysis
Michlíková, Vendula ; Peterek, Nino (advisor) ; Korvas, Matěj (referee)
We implemented Výrče:SW, a tool for collecting and analysing audio recordings without the necessity of supervisor's assistance. The tool allows creating a wide range of recording scenarios, including the possibility to analyse the recordings and show the results. Using the created tool, we collected Výrče:Korpus, a read audio corpus of 34 speakers and 2376 utterances of 7 hours in length. The corpus also includes questionnaires that provide information about the dialect reliability of speakers. Sufficient amounts of speakers for dialect analysis are from the Central Bohemian dialect area and Silesian dialect area. On the two selected groups, we trained a simple monophone dialect recogniser based on Hidden Markov Models. Powered by TCPDF (www.tcpdf.org)
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Dialectical elements in Czech acted cinema of the 30's and 40's
Farkaš, Petr ; Klimeš, Ivan (advisor) ; Svatoňová, Kateřina (referee)
Title: Dialectal elements in Czech acted cinema of the 30s and 40s Author: Petr Farkaš Department: Film Studies Department Supervisor: Doc. PhDr. Ivan Klimeš Abstract: The subject of this diploma thesis is a reflection on the possible uses of spoken language in films aimed at dialect as one of the substandard forms of Czech national language. In particular, the thesis focuses on the use of Moravian dialectal elements in the language of the film characters in Czech acted cinema made in the 1930s and 1940s. It evaluates the Moravian applied dialect from the phonetic and lexical point of view and analyses its function. The aim of the thesis is an evaluation and generalization of the possible uses of dialectal elements in cinematographic work. Keywords: folklore, dialect, artwork language, stylization of spoken language, spoken language in films.
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Family Names, inherited Names and Nicknames in the village Láz
DUBSKÁ, Veronika
The topic of this thesis deals with the onomastics of the Moravian village "Láz". The main part of the exploration are the types of surnames and names after residence in Láz. The next item of interest are the nicknames appearing in the village. I got the onomastic material from the set of surnames, names by the houses and I have gained the nicknames with the help of exploratory methods through the questionnairs and dialogues. I make the analysis using of traditional clasiffication degrees. The thesis aims to make a register of official and unofficial personal names and their linguistic analysis.
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Dřeviny v lidové slovesnosti, obyčejích, zvycích a pojmenování oblasti Bílých Karpat
Pavelková, Eva
Bachelor thesis deals with the issue of trees in folklore, customs, habits and naming the White Carpathians. The first part focuses on the characteristics of natural, historical and ethnographic conditions of the area, which shaped the current state of the region. The second part brings near folklore and dialect, memorial trees with an interesting history, celebrations and traditions associated with trees of this area, then it is possible to get acquainted with folk literature and folklore of Moravian Kopanice in connection with trees, with various folk names and naming fruit species. The literary sources show that the most popular trees in folklore and customs were cultivated fruit species, oak, maple, hawthorn and dog rose. In some parts of the region is different folk naming. In conclusion, founded historical practices were compared with the current maintenance of traditions and than compared with a possible reflection of folklore to a garden landscape design.
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The Specific Language in the Region Boskovice
NIKLOVÁ, Monika
This bachelor thesis focuses on the analysis of common spoken language in the area of Boskovice. The thesis is divided into three parts. The first, theoretical, part deals with the definition of national language and with basic features of the dialect used in central Morava. The second, metothodological, part describes methods of practical research. In the third part, which can be specified as practical, author analysed recorded and transcribed material of spoken language among people of different ages and made analysis at all language levels. The goal of this bachelor thesis is to qualify the degree of dialect´s haleness across all age-groups in chosen locations of Boskovice.
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The phonological dialectal elements of the Southwest Bohemian Dialectal subgroup´s Western part on the example of the municipality Poleň´s (in Klatovy district) inhabitants´s language
FRANTA, David
The aim of the study is the analysis of the rural language of the inhabitants, born in the 1920´s to the 1960´s, of the municipality Poleň (villages Poleň, Poleňka, Zdeslav) in Klatovy district.This dialectal material was collected on the basis of author´s body of work. This included elements such as audio-recordings of speeches, oral history and of the responses to the survey conducted by the author. Its questions were concentrated on the phonological traits of the Southwest Bohemian dialectal subgroup. Taking into account the Jaroslav Voráč´s pieces of dialectal work, the dialectal elements were structured to the vowel and consonant system and differentiated to the categories reflected the Czech language´s historical development. This study focused with respect to equalizing phonic tendencies different of the contemporary Czech language standard. The individual dialectal traits´ frequency was measured by means of the tables and their state was evaluated. The research found out the some dialectal elements´ active knowledge in the responder´s language, but their total decrease compared with the analogous researches from the 1950´s. From a linguistic perspective, it is possible to conclude that the researched localities fall into the wider area of the Southwest Bohemian dialectal subgroup´s western part. Furthermore, this view takes into consideration the negligible influence of the dialectal micro-region with the centre in Domažlice.
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An Analysis of regional dialects spoken in Nové Syrovice, Láz
DUBSKÁ, Veronika
The topic of this work is the analysis of dialect in locations of Nové Syrovice and Láz in the Třebíč region. The author analyses the spoken expressions of three generations (old, middle age and the youngest). The author performs phonetics, morphology and lexical analysis of dialect phenomena and evaluates the current situation of the dialect in this region. The aim of this work is to assess the degree of preservation of dialect features, retreat of previously specific elements or innovation caused by the influence of the media.
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An Analysis of regional dialects spoken in Darkovičky
MICHALČÍK, Jan
The topic of this thesis is to analyze the situation of the village vernacular in Darkovičky, located on the western and eastern sub-Opava Ostrava subgroups, the two main sub-groups of Silesian vernacular. Material for analysis has become a speech recording, the old, the middle and the youngest generation. The aim of this work is to characterize the dialect of the locality, to assess the state of the art and peace preserved dialect, dialectal tends to outline developments in this field.
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