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Intensifying Prefixes in the present-day French
KUČEROVÁ, Blanka
The aim of this work is to describe the character of prefixes, mainly the intensifying ones, on the basis of specialized literature. Then, we will evaluate the current use of intensifying prefixes in French. Frantext, the linguistic database, and Google will serve to evaluate it. The research will be proved by the method of corpus analysis. This work includes two parts. In the theoretical part, all the terms connected to the topic of derivation will be explained. Simultaneously, we will present the modern theories of word-formation, with the emphasis on derivation. The characateristics of chosen intensifying prefixes will be followed by practical part: Corpus analysis.
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Feminization of the names of professions in the contemporary French
JANOUŠKOVÁ, Jitka
The diploma thesis deals with problems connected to the formation of feminine names of occupations in contemporary French. The theoretical part is devoted to the evolution of feminism not only in the French Republic, gender questions, particularly in relation to the language, and the language policies of France. Furthermore, it is aimed at word-formative possibilities of contemporary French for the derivation of names of occupations, functions, degrees and ranks. A part of it deals with the situation in several francophone countries. The objective of the practical part is to assess the relation between the political desiderata of the French Republic and the real language usage on the basis of a corpus analysis effected in the Frantext database and Google Web Search.
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Surnames in English and Czech - Word-Formation Processes
ŠŤASTNÁ, Leona
This Diploma Thesis (=DT) deals with processes of word-formation which bring about surnames in the English and Czech languages. On the basis of the analysis of the particular amount of surnames it aims to assess, which word-formation processes come into the creation of surnames. The DT is divided in two parts {--} theoretical and practical - and it is completed by the conclusion. The theoretical part investigates and compiles the subjects of word-formation and processes of word-formation in both languages, describes the origin of English and Czech surnames and evokes the subject of the processes of word-formation that come into the creation of surnames in English and Czech. The practical part is based on the analysis of the surnames that were chosen from the Prague and London telephone book by arrangement with the tutor of the DT. In the final part the author presents the conclusions of the research.
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Compound Adjectives in Bohemian Minor Place-Names
Štěpán, Pavel
The article provides an overview of formation of compound adjectives occurring in Bohemian minor place names. A majority of the analysed adjectives are a result of the complex compound-derivative formation; the adjectives formed by the proper composition are less frequent.
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