PHONETICS

Author: RUIZ ZORRILLA CRUZATE MARC.
Year: 2004.
University: BARCELONA [www.ub.es].
Place of defense: FACULTAD DE FILOLOGÍA.
Place of preparation: FAC. FILOLGIA , UNIV. BARCELONA.

Summary: This paper consists of three chapters on the first one is a review of studies phraseology, from the appearance of this discipline in the middle of s. XX until now. The second chapter conducts an analysis of the corpus (Russian units franeológicas of characterizing a person) from the perspective: deográfica. This analysis shows the semantic structure of the units both from the point of view of the specific meanings of the units, and from the point of view of frareología as a system. The third chapter is a comparative study of the Russian Spanish form of units from the respective semantic structure. This study establishes the training models more prductivos for each language, and shows a high degree of similarity in the conceptual plans as a basis for the establishment of units fraseológicas.

Author: LABRAÑA BARRERO SABELA.
Year: 2004.
University: BARCELONA [www.ub.es].
Place of defense: FACULTAD DE FILOLOGÍA.
Place of preparation: UNIVERSITAT DE BARCELONA.

Summary: The study of fricativas of galician is a very complex issue that has not been sufficiently explored so far. The fenomas fricativos of the Galician language standard / f / / 0 / / s / l if rexistran high dialectal variation of accomplishment that requires a thorough analysis from a pilot. The aim of this is to identify genetic tisis acoustic parameters necessary for describing the sounds fricativos of galician, and the observation of the diversity of expressions that occurs. The systematic study of the acoustic properties of fricativas was carried out through the recording of a body of isolated words that provide the variability of each fricative contexts vowel / i, e, a, o, u / always tonic, as well as differences positions inside and the syllable of the word. In different areas of Galicia, 10 speakers of both genders recorded corpus from a questionnaire graph. In all fricativas were measured duration, intensity on the vowel adjacent frequency beginning, i in LPC peak spectral (frequency, bandwidth and intensity). Determining the most prominent peak spectral allowed for the differential spectral shapes in some of the groups. Data extracted from the analysis were subjected to statistical procedures (SPSS 11) that allowed the existence of differences between the groups fricativas selected (Discriminante) and cross various factors (fricative, gender, vocálico context, voice position on the syllable , a position in the floor area, speaker) (ANOVA). The acoustic analysis made it possible to observe the galician categories not sibilantes (labiodental and dental), and sibilantes; within latter we classify various groups depending on the spectral shapes that correspond to dental realizations (predorsales or lamínales), alveolar (apical or lamínales) and postalveolares. The labialización acquired great relevance in discrimination against groups sibilantes because it became clear as the contact with the fricative vocal subsequent sets a different spectral shapes.

Author: MATAS CRESPO JOSEP.
Year: 2005.
University: BARCELONA [www.ub.es].
Place of defense: FACULTAD DE FILOLOGIA.
Place of preparation: UNIVERSITAT DE BARCELONA.

Summary: The purpose of this study is to evaluate the behavior of multidimensional scaling (MDT) in the study of different vowel systems: Spanish, Swedish and Catalan. The data analyzed. Two come from acoustic measurements of the vowels (F1 and F2 (H2)), the responses of different groups of informants before a task of collecting voice, as well as data from electropalatografía (Fernández-Planas, 2001). The results generated by the technique of MDT are compared with those of discriminant analysis (AD) and the principal component analysis (PCA). The results generated by the technique of MDT shows the validity of the technique to adequately describe the validity of the technique to adequately describe the different volcanic systems, as well as greater sensitivity and resistance to the DP and the GPA for the same task.

Author: SZMIDT SIERYKOW DOROTA T..
Year: 2005.
University: BARCELONA [www.ub.es].
Place of defense: FACULTAD DE FILOLOGÍA.
Place of preparation: UNIVERSIDAD DE BARECELONA.

Summary: The objectives of the thesis are contributing to the phonetic description of the extensive Polish language, to make a contribution to the overall investigation in the area of phonetic theory and aural form the basis of careful research in the field of phonology in terms of assimilations in groups of consonant sounds complex. There has been an acoustic analysis, followed by a statistical treatment of data, coordination between the joints glotal i supraglotal of consonants fricativas Polish front of a vowel and consonant simple groups where fricative is followed by a sonante or a obstructing. Analysis has shown significant differences between fricativas of different points of articulation regarding the behavior glotal and in terms of its duration. We have also noticed a difference in timing between different patterns of sound in fricativas intervocálicas. This difference may indicate the importance of the duration of the track aural perception of sound, in fricativas who have lost vibration glotales in a large proportion. In consonant groups have witnessed the emergence of phenomena intermediate to the border comes two consonants. The nature and characteristics of these phenomena depend on the type of context consonántico right of the fricative. The existence of the phenomena, intermediate creates the need for a study to consider their role in the repair of the principle of sonicidad when this re breaks in the groups consonanticos complex. The results of the work have made it possible to achieve the goals.