Guard or God? Homonymy in General British and General American accents

The aim of this thesis is to explore the differences between General British and General American accents, specifically the features that may lead to possible misunderstandings, for instance the word /ɡɑːd/ meaning guard in the British, however God in the American accent. The theoretical part provides a comparative analysis of both standard accents on the segmental and suprasegmental level. The practical part scrutinizes to what extent Czech students of English are aware of accent homonymy and with which accent they associate the selected homonyms