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Characteristics of the vowels in German language compared to those in the Czech language
Černá, Stanislava ; Nečasová, Pavla (advisor) ; Zeman, Dalibor (referee)
Characteristics of the wovels in German language compares to those in the Czech language Annotation in the english language My thesis explores characteristics of the vowels in German language and compares them to those in the Czech language. The thesis is devided into the following parts: introduction, theoretical part, practical part and the ending. Introduction summarizes the reasons that made me choose this particular topic, it presents the literature and my opinion on why phonetics is such an important part of communication, my expectations and the description of my work. Theoretical part consists of several chapters: a)characteristics of german vowels, how they are devided according to the basic classification (the position of the tongue, quality, quantity, labialization) and according to other clasiffications (stress/reduction, participation of the nasal cavity and the description of the individual vowels and diphtongs) b)characteristics of czech vowels, how they are devided according to the basic classification (the position of the tongue, quality, quantity, labialization) and according to other clasiffications (stress/reduction, participation of the nasal cavity and the description of the individual vowels and diphtongs) c)most common problems with pronunciation for non-native speakers which are...
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Phonotactic framework of the Czech word and stress-group
Churaňová, Eliška ; Volín, Jan (advisor) ; Palková, Zdena (referee)
This master thesis provides a relatively detailed description of the consonant-vowel structure of standard spoken Czech. The first part covers approaches to and findings on the combinatorial system and distribution of sound units in speech; aspects of continuous speech segmentation into intonation phrases and stress groups, phonotactics of languages in general and Czech in particular, and speech rhythm are also addressed. Recordings of 12 professional speakers of Czech - comprising 6639 words and 5368 stress groups in total - have been used to create data sets that have enabled the author to describe CVCV structures of Czech words and stress groups. The results of this research present frequencies of words and stress groups and their relations to word-class dimension, frequencies of phones in words and stress groups; in this respect, both syllabic liquids and glottal stops have been taken into account. Further, the thesis includes an overview of the most frequent CVCV patterns in words and stress groups and their variability with regard to word classes. The final part focuses on how frequently consonants, vowels and their pairs and trios occur at different places within a unit. The results are continuously compared both between themselves and with the research that used the larger SYN2005 written...
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The duration of stressed and unstressed vowels in English speakers of Spanish
Kubánková, Eliška ; Skarnitzl, Radek (advisor) ; Šaldová, Pavlína (referee)
The thesis discusses the topic of word stress in Spanish and its acoustic correlates. The fact that studies in the last decades have shown conflicting opinions regarding the subject demonstrates the complexity of the phenomenon. Stress is not only language-specific, but also bound to context. When acquiring a second language, speakers have the tendency to transmit the phonetic and phonological system of their mother tongue to the target language. The aim of the thesis is to examine the acoustic correlate of duration in the Spanish of English speakers, considering the impact of language transfer. Twelve English speakers were recorded speaking Spanish. The duration of vowels in both stressed and unstressed syllables was measured in disyllabic, trisyllabic and quadrisyllabic words with different positions of the stressed syllable. The results indicated variation across stress schemes. Overall, a longer duration of the vowel in stressed syllable was found in disyllabic and trisyllabic oxytone words, and in quadrisyllabic paroxytone words. In trisyllabic paroxytone and proparoxytone words, the relative difference of vowel durations between stressed and unstressed syllables was less significant, likely due to the tendency of final syllable lengthening, which was recorded in all word types. No significant...
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Phonotactic framework of the Czech word and stress-group
Churaňová, Eliška ; Volín, Jan (advisor) ; Palková, Zdena (referee)
This master thesis provides a relatively detailed description of the consonant-vowel structure of standard spoken Czech. The first part covers approaches to and findings on the combinatorial system and distribution of sound units in speech; aspects of continuous speech segmentation into intonation phrases and stress groups, phonotactics of languages in general and Czech in particular, and speech rhythm are also addressed. Recordings of 12 professional speakers of Czech - comprising 6639 words and 5368 stress groups in total - have been used to create data sets that have enabled the author to describe CVCV structures of Czech words and stress groups. The results of this research present frequencies of words and stress groups and their relations to word-class dimension, frequencies of phones in words and stress groups; in this respect, both syllabic liquids and glottal stops have been taken into account. Further, the thesis includes an overview of the most frequent CVCV patterns in words and stress groups and their variability with regard to word classes. The final part focuses on how frequently consonants, vowels and their pairs and trios occur at different places within a unit. The results are continuously compared both between themselves and with the research that used the larger SYN2005 written...
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Characteristics of the vowels in German language compared to those in the Czech language
Černá, Stanislava ; Nečasová, Pavla (advisor) ; Zeman, Dalibor (referee)
Characteristics of the wovels in German language compares to those in the Czech language Annotation in the english language My thesis explores characteristics of the vowels in German language and compares them to those in the Czech language. The thesis is devided into the following parts: introduction, theoretical part, practical part and the ending. Introduction summarizes the reasons that made me choose this particular topic, it presents the literature and my opinion on why phonetics is such an important part of communication, my expectations and the description of my work. Theoretical part consists of several chapters: a)characteristics of german vowels, how they are devided according to the basic classification (the position of the tongue, quality, quantity, labialization) and according to other clasiffications (stress/reduction, participation of the nasal cavity and the description of the individual vowels and diphtongs) b)characteristics of czech vowels, how they are devided according to the basic classification (the position of the tongue, quality, quantity, labialization) and according to other clasiffications (stress/reduction, participation of the nasal cavity and the description of the individual vowels and diphtongs) c)most common problems with pronunciation for non-native speakers which are...
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