Can Czechs Read Polish Names? Problems with the Adaptation of Foreign Anthroponyms and Toponyms

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Result on the web
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Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Can Czechs Read Polish Names? Problems with the Adaptation of Foreign Anthroponyms and Toponyms
Original language description
According to orthoepic manuals of Czech, the pronunciation of foreign proper names should typically reflect their pronunciation in the original language. As Czech and Polish are both West Slavonic languages and are to some degree mutually intelligible, I assumed that Czech speakers would have little trouble in pronouncing Polish names. To test this assumption, I created sentences containing well-known Polish anthroponyms and toponyms, which were read by 65 respondents. I also monitored how the same names are pronounced in the Czech media. Surprisingly, the results showed that the respondents read the Polish names mainly as they were spelled, while in the Czech media they were pronounced according to the original Polish pronunciation. These conflicting results beg the question whether the spelling of Polish anthroponyms and toponyms should be adjusted according to Czech orthography. The possibility of adjusting pronunciation according to the original spelling is blocked, however, by differences in orthography between the two languages. In cases when the spelling of a Polish name differed considerably from Czech orthography respondents had no idea how to read the name.
Czech name
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Czech description
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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

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
10
Pages from-to
41-50
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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