Realisation of Czech Vowels in Reading of Francophone Speakers Cover Image

Realizace českých vokálů ve čteném projevu frankofonních mluvčích
Realisation of Czech Vowels in Reading of Francophone Speakers

Author(s): Pavla Poláchová
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies, Foreign languages learning, Applied Linguistics, Phonetics / Phonology, Language acquisition, Psycholinguistics, Sociolinguistics
Published by: Univerzita Palackého v Olomouci
Keywords: Czech as a foreign language; Pronunciation; Phonetic analysis; Czech vowels; French vowels

Summary/Abstract: The present study focuses on the acoustic analysis of spoken Czech of Francophone speakers and focuses on the realization of vowels (which were measured and evaluated using the Praat program). The background material for the analysis were audio-recordings of loud Czech reading by 50 students studying Czech with French as a mother tongue. The analysis shows that the realization of Czech vowels is influenced by negative transfer from the native language, which decreases with higher language level.

  • Issue Year: 15/2023
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 92-121
  • Page Count: 30
  • Language: Czech
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