The paper deals with negation in English especially in connection with the indefinite articles a/an and zero and the non-assertive pronoun any. The theoretical part deals with the characteristics of not- and no-negation and their frequency in written and spoken forms. Furthermore,...

The focus of this undergraduate thesis is figures of speech and their meaning as they occur in the lyrics of the album "Endless Forms Most Beautiful" from the Finnish metal band Nightwish. The theoretical part of the thesis contains the outline of the basics of...

In the theoretical part of my work I'd like to concentrate on the history of encyclopaedias dating back to the Middle Ages. I will show that the greatest development of encyclopaedias occurs during the Renaissance and Enlightenment period. I will introduce a voluminous work,&#x...

The aim of this undergraduate thesis is to describe the major milestones of the cricket development in the world with the focus on the Commonwealth countries specifically on India throughout the history. It discovers what makes cricket such a popular game and how much of ...

This undergraduate thesis deals with the use of the passive in English with respect to Czech. It consists of three parts. In the Theoretical background, the description of the voice category is provided, the passive form, contraints, use and types are explained in detail. The&...

The purpose of this undergraduate thesis is to reveal the principles of romantic poetry concerned with landscape and nature in the poetry of the chosen authors. It is focused on poetry comparison of 3 English Romantic poets: W. Wordsworth, G. G. Byron and J. Keats....

This undergraduate thesis will focus on interracial relationships in movies which sets are based in the United States. The four movies that have been chosen are Loving (2016), Free State of Jones (2016), Mississippi Masala (1991) and Guess Who's Coming to Dinner (1967). A...

This undergraduate thesis is focused on the transfer of meaning. In order to find the meaning, it is necessary to understand the semantics, which is defined as the study of meaning. The work starts with a brief introduction to the study of semantics; it is further&#...

The present work is aimed at correct usage of weak forms in spontaneous speech of Czech students of English as a foreign language at tertiary education level. The goal was to describe the most frequent kinds of incorrect usage of reduced forms and stress misplacement, and...

The basic aim is to answer the question whether an English cricket player can still be considered a gentleman or not. In the first part is detailed description of individual cricket aspects. I presented basic game rules and principles, game variants and a history of a...

This undergraduate thesis is concerned with the topic of confusing word pairs which is relevant not only for learners of English language but also for native speakers. It consists of two main parts, theoretical and practical one. The theoretical background provides the reader cohes...

The thesis is focused on the development of realization of phonetic-phonological features of student´s speech at different levels of English at primary school. It is based on reading English texts adapted for each level which contain observed features. Collected data is analysed and...

The topic of this undergraduate thesis is linguistic motivation in business logotypes and names. The main aim was to determine the ratio of Charles S. Peirce's icons, indexes and symbols in graphic and linguistic realization of signs. The first chapter covers the theoretical&#...

Jane Austen, in the last few decades, has become a feminist icon. This thesis describes her work in relation to feminism of the 21st century. The theory of the movement in contemporary state of society is followed by an overview of the evolution of feminist criticism ...

The object of this undergraduate thesis is to analyse African American music of the Southern United States in the 20th century focusing on blues and jazz as they were the most important African American music genres to influence the development of music in America. It cov...

This bachelor thesis deals with Political Correctness (P. C.). The four main parts are Introduction, Theoretical Background, Analysis and Conclusion. Theoretical Background covers definitions of P. C., its origin, politically correct language and explanation of hate crime and hate speech. &...

This work deals with children in William Wordsworth's poetry. I consider poems from the early phase of his career, especially from the Lyrical Ballads, sections of The Prelude and above all "Ode: Intimations of Immortality from Recollections of Early Childhood". The work&...

The topic of this undergraduate thesis is The USA: Many different countries in one American cuisine. In my thesis I tried to summarize the main features of American cuisine. As the lighting guide of American melting-pot cuisine I have chosen Louisiana cuisine. In my opin...

The aim of this undergraduate thesis is to undertake a sociolinguistic and sociophonological study on Cockney in use and Cockney rhyming slang status in London at present days. Cockney variables considered in this thesis are TH-fronting (replacement of , ? by f, v), H-dropping ...

This undergraduate thesis primarily deals with translation of culturally bound words from Czech to English. The Theoretical background chapter contains a brief description of translation and definitions from multiple linguists and translators. Included is also division of translation from various ...