Sociophonetic analysis of a film character’s accent: Sam from Peter Jackson’s Lord of the Rings trilogy – Michal Pečínka
Michal Pečínka
Bachelor's thesis
Sociophonetic analysis of a film character’s accent: Sam from Peter Jackson’s Lord of the Rings trilogy
Sociophonetic analysis of a film character’s accent: Sam from Peter Jackson’s Lord of the Rings trilogy
Abstract:
Tato práce se zabývá výslovností fiktivní filmové postavy, která mluví s předem specifikovaným a konkrétním Britským přízvukem, a která je ztvárněna americkým hercem. Hlavním cílem této práce je aplikace metod akcentové analýzy na napodobeninu konkrétního přízvuku ve filmovém prostředí, za účelem zjištění, zda jsou tyto metody užitečné k posouzení kvality hercova výkonu. Filmová postava byla vybrána …moreAbstract:
The present thesis deals with the pronunciation of a fictional film character, speaking with a specific British accent, portrayed by an American actor. The main aim of the study is to apply methods of accent analysis to an imitated accent in the context of a film and learn how useful they are in judging the quality of the imitation. The choice of the character was guided by the need for specificity …more
Language used: English
Date on which the thesis was submitted / produced: 16. 5. 2018
Identifier:
https://is.muni.cz/th/ldisu/
Thesis defence
- Date of defence: 14. 6. 2018
- Supervisor: Mgr. Bc. Magda Sučková
- Reader: Mgr. Miroslav Ježek, Ph.D.
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PEČÍNKA, Michal. \textit{Sociophonetic analysis of a film character’s accent: Sam from Peter Jackson’s Lord of the Rings trilogy}. Online. Bachelor's thesis. Brno: Masaryk University, Faculty of Arts. 2018. Available from: https://theses.cz/id/7fets5/.
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Faculty of ArtsBachelor programme / field:
Philology / English Language and Literature
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