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Spanish vowels in Czech students' interlanguage
Černikovská, Štěpánka ; Čermák, Petr (advisor) ; Zajícová, Lenka (referee) ; Skarnitzl, Radek (referee)
(English) The dissertation explores the vowel system of Czech L3 Spanish, focusing on three facets of its architecture: vowel quality (following SLM by Flege 1995, 1999, 2003), vowel quantity and vocalic sequences between words. Preliminary studies (Čechová 2013, 2014) suggest that there might be some evidence for the Mechanism of Equivalence in Czech L3 Spanish, since the vowel spaces of both languages consist of the same categories, with different phonetic realizations. Hence, the more similar the sounds are, the harder it is to capture the relevant difference, necessary to attain native-like pronunciation. Vowel quantity, being traditionally associated with the phonological feature of length in Czech (Palková 1994), is not present in Spanish, and compensating for that property, some Czech speakers tend to pronounce accented syllables with extraordinarily longer durations. Finally, vowel sequences in Spanish are usually subjetct to resyllabification, whereas Czech prefers glottalization to keep morphemes of words separated. These predictions were tested in 22 university Czech students with advanced level of Spanish (C1-C1). Subsequent analysis revealed consistent inclination towards L1 in terms of vowel quality, in less extent in vowel quantity, and although the prevalecent strategy for majority...
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Phonetic Features of Cuban Spanish
Gonzálezová, Julie ; Černikovská, Štěpánka (advisor) ; Čermák, Petr (referee)
GONZÁLEZOVÁ, Julie: Phonetic Features of Cuban Spanish. [Bachelor thesis]. - Charles University. Faculty of Arts; Department of Romance studies. Hispanic studies. - Supervisor: Mgr. Štěpánka Černikovská, Ph.D. Prague: FF UK, 2017. pp. 44. This thesis examines selected phonetic phenomena of the Spanish spoken in Cuba, providing a theoretical overview of them in current literature and, consequently, giving some evidence of their presence in Cuba with factors that are likely to affect them, based on recordings of native Cuban speakers. The paper is divided into two parts: in the theoretical part, important phonetic changes relevant to consonants and vowels are described, including how, where and under what circumstances they occur. In the experimental part, the paper deals with five particular phenomena (seseo, aspiration and elision of /s/, aspiration of /x/, yeísmo, lambdacism), that have a great impact on the realization of Spanish consonants, in light of three variables (type of discourse, geographical classification, education). This part with the results of the research shows that the selected features are vivid components of Cuban Spanish, with all possible phonetic and non-phonetic factors, that might be of importance in their implementation, being presented as well. The work also includes...
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Temporal infinitives in Spanish
Urbancová, Linda ; Černikovská, Štěpánka (advisor) ; Čermák, Petr (referee)
The purpose of the following work is to map the most frequent infinitive forms of temporal phrases in Spanish and their Czech counterparts. The thesis is divided into the theoretical and the practical part. The aim of the theoretical part is defining substance of the term temporal infinitive in connection with three concrete prepositions tras, hasta, al and their unstaible structure, including a theoretical account of Czech affixes and infinitival phrases with preposition. The second part is focussed on the most frequent temporal infinitives and their translation into Czech language, using the online Spanish corpus CREA and a parallel Spanish- Czech sub-corpus (limited to fiction only), created specifically for this analysis in the InterCorp. Key words: infinitive, subordinate clauses, temporal infinitive, corpus analysis
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Absolute Superlative in Spanish with Reference to Czech
Saitlová, Martina ; Kratochvílová, Dana (advisor) ; Černikovská, Štěpánka (referee)
Univerzita Karlova Filozofická fakulta Ústav románských studií Abstrakt bakalářské práce Bc. Martina Saitlová Superlativ absolutní ve španělštině s přihlédnutím k situaci v češtině Absolute Superlative in Spanish with Reference to Czech Praha 2017 Vedoucí práce: PhDr. Dana Kratochvílová, Ph.D Abstract (in English) This thesis deals with the issue of the absolute superlative in Spanish language and describes how the absolute superlative is used and the possible ways of translation into the Czech language. Theoretical part of this paper generally discusses adjectives, the graduation of adjectives and the absolute superlatives in Spanish and Czech. The theoretical part of this work is based on the language theories of the Spanish Royal Academy and the Spanish and Czech linguists who are devoted to this topic. The aim of this work is to outline the use of the absolute superlative in Spanish and to present possible variants of its translation into Czech, because in the Czech language system the absolute superlative is absent. The absolute superlative was analyzed in this work by using data in the Corpes XXI, single-lane corpus, and in the InterCorp, parallel corpus. The results of the thesis are the statement of the use of the absolute superlative and also the variants of its translations into Czech, which were...
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Spanish vowels in Czech students' interlanguage
Černikovská, Štěpánka ; Čermák, Petr (advisor) ; Zajícová, Lenka (referee) ; Skarnitzl, Radek (referee)
(English) The dissertation explores the vowel system of Czech L3 Spanish, focusing on three facets of its architecture: vowel quality (following SLM by Flege 1995, 1999, 2003), vowel quantity and vocalic sequences between words. Preliminary studies (Čechová 2013, 2014) suggest that there might be some evidence for the Mechanism of Equivalence in Czech L3 Spanish, since the vowel spaces of both languages consist of the same categories, with different phonetic realizations. Hence, the more similar the sounds are, the harder it is to capture the relevant difference, necessary to attain native-like pronunciation. Vowel quantity, being traditionally associated with the phonological feature of length in Czech (Palková 1994), is not present in Spanish, and compensating for that property, some Czech speakers tend to pronounce accented syllables with extraordinarily longer durations. Finally, vowel sequences in Spanish are usually subjetct to resyllabification, whereas Czech prefers glottalization to keep morphemes of words separated. These predictions were tested in 22 university Czech students with advanced level of Spanish (C1-C1). Subsequent analysis revealed consistent inclination towards L1 in terms of vowel quality, in less extent in vowel quantity, and although the prevalecent strategy for majority...
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Characteristics and use of student slang in Spain and Hispanic America
Malinová, Markéta ; Čermák, Petr (advisor) ; Černikovská, Štěpánka (referee)
The thesis is focused on a student slang in Spain and Hispanic America. In the theoretical part we describe standard and non-standard language focusing attention on slang. We describe the student slang especially from a lexicological point of view, so we present the most frequent processes of word formation and also some examples of vocabulary. Then we mention some specifics of slang in Hispanic America. In the practical part we present a research that shows some examples of vocabulary of real spanish students. On the basis of theirs answers we determine conclusions (processes of word formation of slang expressions, differences between Hispanic America and Spain etc.). Key words slang, spanish language, student, Spain, Hispanic America, lexicology, vocabulary
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