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The Names of Hockey Clubs in the Czech Republic
Lupoměská, Klára ; Štěpán, Pavel (advisor) ; Rejzek, Jiří (referee)
(in English): The bachelor's thesis provides a detailed analysis of the names of hockey clubs in the Czech Republic. In the first chapter I deal with chrematonyms in the onymic system, and especially with the position of this specific type of chrematonyms. I also compare the names of Czech hockey clubs to other chrematonymic groups of proper names. In the next chapter I collect material from available online sources. Another part of the thesis is dedicated to classification of the names. It is based on both motivational and formal method. Finally, I pay attention to other aspects, such as the number of individual components, grammar and spelling of the names (the use of capital letters, which is largely influenced by English, is stressed).
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Castle names in the Pardubice region
Hrdinková, Kateřina ; Štěpán, Pavel (advisor) ; Adam, Robert (referee)
The bachelor thesis addresses the classification of castle names in the Pardubice region. The introduction deals with the issue of creating names of castles from a broader perspective. It defines the basic criteria for creating a list of entries. The second part contains a list of entries including the names of the surveyed objects in the Pardubice region, which is primarily divided into primary and secondary names, further according to the method of creation. Based on the collected information, the bachelor thesis interprets the basic tendencies in the formation of the castle names in the region. It focuses especially on the compounds of German origin.
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Between Morphology and Word-formation: the Grammatical Category of Number in Toponyms
Štěpán, Pavel
The paper deals with the specific functions of the grammatical category of number in Czech toponyms. As proper nouns form a specific sphere of the language, also their grammatical categories may display differences from the core of the lexicon. In many toponyms the plural ending does not fulfil the usual role of the grammatical ending, for it does not express the plurality or the multiple character of the object (e.g. the fact that the object consists of several parts). The use of the plural ending is merely analogical in many toponyms, the analogy is based on mechanical imitation of the form of other toponyms. In these cases the plural ending functions rather as a derivative word-formation suffix than a mere grammatical ending. On the other hand, in some toponyms the grammatical function of the plural ending is still kept. The decisive criterion for the detection of the function of the plural ending is based on the details of the given naming act.
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Colours in Finnish toponyms. Finnish Toponyms Starting with Hopea- (Silver) and Kulta- (Gold)
Wojnarová, Soňa ; Fárová, Lenka (advisor) ; Štěpán, Pavel (referee)
This diploma thesis examines the colour terms hopea ('silver' ) and kulta ('gold') in Finnish place names. The aim is to find out about the distribution of the toponyms starting with Hopea- and Kulta- by type of place (e.g. oronyms, hydronyms, etc.) and about the motivation of naming in these place names, and also about possible similarites and differences based on the colour terms used as the specific part in these place names. The first part of this thesis provides the theoretical background of colour terms study in general and the situation of hopea and kulta used as colour terms in Finnish. The situation of Finnish toponomastics is also briefly introduced. In the second part, the Finnish place names starting with Hopea- and Kulta- are analyzed according to the type of place they refer to and according to the type of motivation that can be behind the naming. Keywords: place names, colour terms, gold, silver, Finland, the Names Archive
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Czech Toponyms in the Perspective of Cognitive Ethnolinguistics
Marek, Jakub ; Vaňková, Irena (advisor) ; Štěpán, Pavel (referee)
This thesis deals with linguistic stereotypes of cities. Therefore, the object of our interest is onomastic material (oikonyms, ie. own settlement names), which, however, is viewed from the perspective of cognitively and culturally oriented linguistics. The main theory, which the thesis is based on, is J. Bartmiński's theory of stereotype (incl. the so-called. profiling). We have dealt with the names of three Czech cities that currently belong to the administrative unit of the Vysočina Region: Jihlava, Pelhřimov, Pacov. Following the methodology of Polish authors of J. Bartmiński's scope we have analyzed each of them in terms of three areas: language data, text data and empirical data. We found out concrete connotations of these names in Czech language, and on the basis of these findings of ours we have formulated their stereotypes. Besides the formulation of the three selected specific stereotypes, this thesis also presents some general observations about stereotypes of cities. It is esp. a case of a proposal the profiles (ie. general aspects, which are usually used in the process of profiling a stereotype), with which you can work in research on stereotypes of cities in general. Furthermore, this thesis elaborates the methodology of analyzing text data, which should be in the centre of attention...
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Place-names in the area of Tornionlaakso
Wojnarová, Soňa ; Fárová, Lenka (advisor) ; Štěpán, Pavel (referee)
This bachelor thesis examines the topographical place-names Torne Valley, the area of Tornionlaakso in the north-west of Finland which can be considered multilingual. A brief introduction into the study of place-names is provided at the beginning as well as the survey of aspects which, directly or indirectly, have played a part in the creation of place-names in this area (inhabitants and history, language background or landscape features). The second part of the thesis focuses on analyzing the collected material as for the structure of the place-names, their language origin and the borrowing processes. Powered by TCPDF (www.tcpdf.org)
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Minor Place Names in the Area of the Municipality of Lány
Hurdová, Alena ; Štěpán, Pavel (advisor) ; Martínek, František (referee)
The bachelor thesis provides an analysis of minor place names in the area and behind border of area of municipality of Lány in the Rakovník region, based firstly on the list of minor place names of Lány, Lány deer-park and Vašírov from the 1960s, secondly on own fieldwork. The analysis is based on motivation as well as on the structure of the individual names; studies by V. Šmilauer (1972) and by M. Majtán (1973) serve as a starting point for the analysis. However the possibility of application of a model classification (cf. Šrámek 1999, Pleskalová 1992) is outlined as well. A comparison of lists from the 1940s and the 1960s with the contemporary use of minor place names form an important part of the thesis. And new list of minor place names based on this part is constructed.
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Motivation of the Naming of Children in the District of Ústí nad Orlicí
Náhlíková, Anežka ; Štěpán, Pavel (advisor) ; Vaňková, Irena (referee)
The theoretical part of this work deals with the term of given name, its function and position in the Czech language system. Additionally, motivations that can play any role in naming of children are summarized. The practical part is focused on motivations applied in naming of children in Ústí nad Orlicí district at two groups of parental population. In the first group there are parents whose children were born in the period of 1960-1975 and the second group is formed by parents with children born in 2000-2012. The data from the parents were gathered using questionnaires. These two groups are compared from various points of view - used names, linguistics factors (length, sound aspects of names, relation of the given name to the family name, hypocoristics etc.) and other factors (family tradition, religion, education etc.). Also differences in the approach to male and female names are followed.
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Word-formation analysis of Bohemian minor place-names
Štěpán, Pavel ; Harvalík, Milan (advisor) ; Krško, Jaromír (referee) ; Komárek, Karel (referee)
minor place-names from the territory of Bohemia. The parts devoted to the analysis of substantival and adjectival lexical units are divided into three sections dealing with suffixation, prefixal-sufixal forrnation and compounding. It has been necessary to approach the analysis of lexical the units forrned by suffixation selectively. The classification oflexical units formed by a certain mode become (in a majority of chapters) a starting point for the analysis of motivation of the individual minor place-names. The forrnation using the chosen word-forrnative devices is analysed on the background of the forrnation in the common-noun sphere of the language. One of the main aims of the thesis is to grasp the wordforrnative specificities in which the material of minor place-names differs from the common-noun sphere of the language. The analysis confirrns that so-called parasystemic means of word forrnation are typical of minor place names (as well as the whole proper-name sphere of the language). These means (mainly suffixes) are either not present in the commonnoun sphere (e.g. -čice, -ec1, or their typical function is different in common nouns (-ství, -inka). ln certain instances, the word-forrnation analysis conducted in this work may influence the interpretation of individual place names. This is due to the...
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Minor place-names with the suffix -yně
Štěpán, Pavel
The paper commemorates the work of Jaromír Spal dealing with the suffix -yně in settlement names. The author of the present article analyses the use of this suffix in non-settlement names from the territory of Bohemia and confirms the conclusion of Spal’s that the original function of the suffix -yně was not possessive (in connection with anthroponyms), as the general opinion used to be, but this suffix was primarily used for the formation of non-settlement names from common-noun bases. The aim of the article is to point out the fact that the analysis of non-settlement names can often contribute to the interpretation of settlement names, which can be often modified and replacad by a more probable solution. The starting point for the analysis is formed by Spal’s interpretation of selected place names ending in -yně; parallels of these names among non-settlement names are found and commented on. Also some other non-settlement names derived from both noun and adjective bases are studied. The major conclusion (corresponding to Spal’s findings) is that the suffix -yně was not primarily used for the creation of deanthroponymic possessive names; this use was only analogical (this analogy was based on the contamination with the suffix -ina) and rather limited.
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