Swedish vowels from a Czech speaker's perspective

This graduation thesis deals with Swedish vowels from the perspective of the Czech language. The main aim is to describe the Swedish vowel system with regards to speakers of Swedish whose native language is Czech. Introduction to the segmental systems of both languages, as well as comparison of the acoustic and articulatory vowel characteristics, build a theoretical background for the empirical section, which consists of our own research. It verifies hypotheses based on differences between the Czech and the Swedish vowel systems, and analysis of variance compares frequency data of the Swedish vowels spoken by native Czechs to those spoken by native Swedes. The results create a basis for general recommendations concerning vowel pronunciation in Swedish as a second language