The Impact of Rhythmic Distortions in Speech on Personality Assessment

The perennial question as to how perceived otherness in speech projects into listener assessment of one’s personality has been systematically investigated within the field of foreign accentedness, vocal communication of affective states and vocal stereotyping. In the present study, we aimed at exploring non-native listeners’ capacity to respond to differences in natural and modified native speech, particularly whether the manipulation of temporal structure in both stressed and unstressed syllables gives rise to any changes in the perception of the speaker’s personality. The respondents’ intuitive judgements were captured in the domain of the ‘nervousness category’ taken from the five-factor model of personality. Our results indicate an effect of temporal modifications on the listeners’ judgements. Analysis of variance for repeated measures confirmed a highly significant shift of personality evaluations towards the undesired traits (e.g., nervousness, anxiety, querulousness). Several interesting interactions with the semantic contents of the utterances and with the intrinsic qualities of the speakers’ voices were also found. We argue that the effects of accented speech go beyond conscious willingness to accept “otherness” and suggest a method for studying them

German-French relationships

Diese Arbeit beschäftigt sich mit der Kooperation zwischen Deutschland und Frankreich im Bereich Bildungswesen.The thesis deals with relationship between Germany and France. The part of it focuses on their educational systems.Práce se zabývá vývojem německo-francouzských vztahů. Část práce je věnována porovnání jejich systémů školství.Katedra cizích jazykůDokončená práce s úspěšnou obhajobo

Environmental assessment using Meco matrix: case study

The paper deals with the definition of Life Cycle Check, it is very practical and usage tool for environmental assessment of products. In the first part of the paper there is described the instruction on how to proceed step by step. The Life Cycle Check helps to identify where the environmental impacts lie and to identify on which stage of lifecycle we should focus on to reduce the negative environmental impact. To obtain a complete overview of environmental issues of the product system can be used a tool called the MECO matrix. The next part of a paper is demonstrated on practical example that is focused on the life assessment of a fruit dryer. The practical realization was carried out in the computer program CES Edu Pack

TJ Sokol Plzeň in years 1883 - 1923

V práci jsem se zabývala lety 1883 - 1923 v plzeňském Sokolu. V první kapitole je popsán vznik Sokola v Praze a v Plzni, dále pak vznik plzeňských sportovních klubů. V následující kapitole je popsána koupě pozemku, stavba nové sokolovny a vznik župy. Další části mé práce se týkají veřejných cvičení, sletů a zadluženosti Sokola. Poslední kapitola je o válečných a poválečných letech v Plzeňské jednotě.Katedra historických vědNeobhájenoAt work I dealt with years 1883 - 1923 in the Pilsen Sokol. In the first chapter describe creation Sokol in Prague and in Pilsen, next creation Pilsner sports clubs. In following chapter decribe buy land, building edifice and creation "župa". Another part is about trainig, festival and debt. FInal chapter is about war years and post war years in Pilsen Sokol