Thesis/Dissertation: Jana Kopřivová: Phonetic Analysis and Comparison of Cockney and Received Pronunciation
Bachelor's thesis
Phonetic Analysis and Comparison of Cockney and Received Pronunciation
Fonetická analýza a porovnání přízvuků Cockney a Received Pronunciation
Abstract
Tato bakalářská práce se zaměřuje na přízvuk cockney v porovnání s tzv. "Received Pronunciation" jakožto anglickým výslovnostním standardem. Teoretická část se zaměřuje na vysvětlení základní terminologie související s tématem a vymezením znaků těchto dvou zmiňovaných přízvuků, stejně jako jejich původem, změnami i vlivem na ostatní přízvuky. Praktická část se zabývá analýzou a synchronním i diachronním porovnáním nahrávek reprezentujících tyto dva přízvuky.
Abstract
This bachelor thesis deals with the Cockney accent in contrast with Received Pronunciation as the English standard variety. In the theoretical part the basic terminology related to the topic is explained and the basic features of the two accents are listed, as well as their origin, changes and influence on other accents. The practical part focuses on the analysis and both synchronic and diachronic comparison of several recordings representing these two accents.
30/4/2018 16:02, Mgr. Irena Hůlková, Ph.D., UČO 15010
Literature
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- The Oxford handbook of the history of English. Edited by Terttu Nevalainen - Elizabeth Closs Traugott. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2012, xxxix, 942. ISBN 9780199922765.
- MATTHEWS, William. Cockney past and present : a short history of the dialect of London. London: Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1972, xvii, 245. ISBN 0710073038.
- GIMSON, A. C. Gimson's pronunciation of English. Edited by Alan Cruttenden. 5th ed. London: Arnold, 1994, xv, 304. ISBN 0340700211.
- HUGHES, Arthur; Peter TRUDGILL and Dominic James Landon WATT. English accents and dialects : an introduction to social and regional varieties of English in the British Isles. Fourth edition. London: Hodder Arnold, 2005, viii, 159. ISBN 9780340887189.
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