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Míra cizineckého přízvuku v češtině polských mluvčích
The degree of foreign accent in the Czech of Polish speakers

Author(s): Jitka Veroňková
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies, Theoretical Linguistics, Applied Linguistics
Published by: Uniwersytet Adama Mickiewicza
Keywords: foreign accent; Czech as L2; Polish as L1; phonology; vowel quantity; perception; cizinecký přízvuk; čeština jako cizí jazyk; čeština jako druhý jazyk; polština jako L1; fonologie; délka vokálů

Summary/Abstract: The aim of the study is to try to find sound phenomena that can influence the assessment of the degree of foreign accent among Polish speakers in Czech. The material consists of samples of five native Polish male speakers, from which a perception test was compiled. The degree of foreign accent was assessed by two groups of native Czech speakers (from Bohemia and Ostrava region). Based on the results of the test and perceptual and acoustic analysis, phenomena were determined that could (with varying degrees of certainty) have an influence on the assessment of the foreign accent and which, on the contrary, were not reflected in the assessment. Both the phenomena of prosody, and the pronunciation of segments or their combinatorics contribute to a foreign accent.

  • Issue Year: XXII/2022
  • Issue No: 3
  • Page Range: 463-475
  • Page Count: 13
  • Language: Czech