Pronunciation of Hungarian Proper Names in Czech
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Result code in IS VaVaI
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Result on the web
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Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Pronunciation of Hungarian Proper Names in Czech
Original language description
This paper is devoted to the analysis of the pronunciation of selected Hungarian proper names in Czech – anthroponyms and toponyms considered rather well-known in the Czech context (e.g. Lajos Kossuth, Imre Kertész, Harkány, Pécs) and which contain potentially problematic sounds (e.g. the digraphs ly, gy and ny). These names were incorporated into simple sentences (e.g. This year I want to visit the famous spa Harkány), which were read by 65 Czech respondents with no knowledge of Hungarian. For some names in particular there was – considering the number of respondents – a great number of registered pronunciation variants, e.g. in the case of the Hungarian anthroponym Rákóczi, there were 14 different pronunciations, e.g. [raːkoːʦɪ], [raːkoʧɪ], [raːkoʃ], [raːkosʦɪ], etc. The analysis of the recordings revealed that Czech speakers do not have a strong awareness of the pronunciation of potentially problematic sounds. Czech pronunciation guides recommend that the pronunciation of loanwords is based on the pronunciation in the original language, e.g. in the case of the digraph gy, the pronunciation [ɟ]. In other words, the guides recommend the phonological approximation principle. The Czech respondents, however, far more often utilized the spelling pronunciation principle. Furthermore, a correlation between the appropriate pronunciation (i.e. using the phonological approximation principle) and the respondent’s prior familiarity with the given name was revealed.
Czech name
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
D - Article in proceedings
CEP classification
AI - Linguistics
OECD FORD branch
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Result continuities
Project
<a href="/en/project/GA13-00372S" target="_blank" >GA13-00372S: Pronunciation of non-integrated lexical items in Czech</a><br>
Continuities
I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace
Others
Publication year
2016
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Article name in the collection
Names and Their Environment. Proceedings of the 25th International Congress of Onomastic Sciences Glasgow, 25-29 August 2014
ISBN
978-0-85261-947-6
ISSN
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Number of pages
9
Pages from-to
60-68
Publisher name
University of Glasgow
Place of publication
Glasgow
Event location
Glasgow
Event date
Aug 25, 2014
Type of event by nationality
WRD - Celosvětová akce
UT code for WoS article
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