The Types of Czech Exonyms and Incorporating Foreign Geographical Names into Czech

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Result language

angličtina

Original language name

The Types of Czech Exonyms and Incorporating Foreign Geographical Names into Czech

Original language description

Domestic forms of foreign geographical names, exonyms, have belonged to the vocabulary of each language since earliest times. Although as proper names they are a part of the language system, their origin and existence are determined by extra-linguistic factors, such as by the particular political, economic, religious and cultural contacts between particular countries as well as by the educational level of the population. In this paper, I analyse the methods of classifying Czech exonyms based on their origins, on the frequency of their occurrence over time, and on their language formation. Special attention is given to the processes by which foreign geographical names have been adapted into Czech considered from the perspective of individual language levels. The set of Czech exonyms, ranging from earliest times down to the present, is also reviewed, as is the contemporary usage of Czech exonyms and the standardisation of geographical names in general. Approaching the problem from a linguistic point of view, an attempt is made to determine the boundaries between exonyms and endonyms (the opposite of exonyms), especially in connection with the existence of so called phonic exonyms whose graphic form does not differ from the written form of endonyms. The analysis of the processes of adaptation which lead to the creation of exonyms employs a systemic approach that helps to identify regularities according to which such foreign geographical names are Czechified. By studying the ways in which endonyms have been assimilated into Czech over time, sufficient space is given to more general thinking regarding the relation between the centre and periphery within the onymical system.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

D - Article in proceedings

CEP classification

AI - Linguistics

OECD FORD branch

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Project

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Continuities

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year

2016

Confidentiality

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

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

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Number of pages

7

Pages from-to

180-186

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

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