COMPARISON OF TONGUE TWISTERS IN CZECH AND RUSSIAN LANGUAGES
COMPARISON OF TONGUE TWISTERS IN CZECH AND RUSSIAN LANGUAGES

Author(s): Lenka Rozboudová, Evgeniia Korneeva
Subject(s): Customs / Folklore, Comparative Linguistics, Descriptive linguistics, Western Slavic Languages, Eastern Slavic Languages
Published by: Masarykova univerzita nakladatelství
Keywords: tongue twister; folklore; children’s folklore; Czech language; Russian language;
Summary/Abstract: The article presents the results of a comparative analysis of Czech and Russian tongue twisters in terms of their content and structure. The initial part of the article provides a general description of a tongue twister as a part of children’s folklore. The main part focuses on specific similarities and differences of tongue twisters related to their structure and content and offers tongue twisters for practicing individual sounds in Czech and Russian.

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