Map labeling with the International Phonetic Alphabet: the example of the Middle East

Result code in IS VaVaI

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Result on the web

<a href="https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/17445647.2021.1996477" target="_blank" >https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/17445647.2021.1996477</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17445647.2021.1996477" target="_blank" >10.1080/17445647.2021.1996477</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Map labeling with the International Phonetic Alphabet: the example of the Middle East

Original language description

The main aim of the study presented in this paper was to apply a new method to the creation of map typography. We focused on the original pronunciations of geographical names (endonyms), which is viewed as one of the important attributes of geographical objects. The International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA), which was devised by the International Phonetic Association as a standardized way of representing the sounds of spoken language, was used to capture pronunciation. The advantages and disadvantages of using pronunciation in maps were analyzed and compared with other approaches to writing names. The maps created as part of the study demonstrated the practical limitations of using the IPA in cartography. For the using of the IPA for map typography, the Middle East region was chosen because of the large number of different languages (using different scripts) spoken in it. A map was created whose features are described by means of transcriptions of the pronunciation of geographical names in the original language. The main map also incorporates a second map, which describes the same geographical features in English, written using the IPA. It proved to be possible to use pronunciation written in IPA characters for map descriptions, though certain limitations apply. This method may be used in cartography as a supplement to other ways of writing names.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_imp - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

10500 - Earth and related environmental sciences

Project

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Continuities

V - Vyzkumna aktivita podporovana z jinych verejnych zdroju

Publication year

2021

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Journal of Maps

ISSN

1744-5647

e-ISSN

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Volume of the periodical

17

Issue of the periodical within the volume

1

Country of publishing house

GB - UNITED KINGDOM

Number of pages

9

Pages from-to

135-143

UT code for WoS article

000725275600001

EID of the result in the Scopus database

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