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

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Jazyk výsledku

angličtina

Název v původním jazyce

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

Popis výsledku v původním jazyce

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.

Název v anglickém jazyce

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

Popis výsledku anglicky

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.

Druh

D - Stať ve sborníku

CEP obor

AI - Jazykověda

OECD FORD obor

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Projekt

<a href="/cs/project/GA13-00372S" target="_blank" >GA13-00372S: Výslovnost neintegrovaného lexika v češtině</a><br>

Návaznosti

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Rok uplatnění

2016

Kód důvěrnosti údajů

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

Název statě ve sborníku

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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e-ISSN

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Počet stran výsledku

10

Strana od-do

41-50

Název nakladatele

University of Glasgow

Místo vydání

Glasgow

Místo konání akce

Glasgow

Datum konání akce

25. 8. 2014

Typ akce podle státní příslušnosti

WRD - Celosvětová akce

Kód UT WoS článku

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