Mgr. Katarína Halásová

Bachelor's thesis

A Sociolinguistic Analysis of Ventriloquism on Social Media: a #Doggo-Speak

A Sociolinguistic Analysis of Ventriloquism on Social Media: a #Doggo-Speak
Abstract:
Cílem této bakalářské diplomové práce je analýza fenoménu břichomluvectví na so-ciálních sítích. Formou titulků uživatelé YouTube "mluví" za své psy specifický upra-venou "řečí". Používají zjednodušenou gramatiku nebo dokonce záměrné gramatické chyby. Za účelem sociolingvistické analýzy a interpretace tohoto jevu byly přepsány titulky Doggo-Speak ze sedmdesáti jedna videí a byl z nich vytvořen korpus …more
Abstract:
The goal of this bachelor's diploma thesis is to analyse a phenomenon of ventrilo-quism as seen on social media. Users of YouTube 'talk' for their dogs in the form of subtitles and their speech is altered, using simpler grammar or even deliberate grammatical mistakes. Doggo-Speak subtitles from seventy-one videos were collect-ed into a corpus and used for a sociolinguistic analysis and interpretation …more
 
 
Language used: English
Date on which the thesis was submitted / produced: 21. 12. 2021

Thesis defence

  • Date of defence: 27. 1. 2022
  • Supervisor: prof. Mgr. Jan Chovanec, Ph.D.
  • Reader: Mgr. Tereza Šplíchalová

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Masaryk University

Faculty of Arts

Bachelor programme / field:
Philology / English Language and Literature

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