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Proper Names as a Potential Indicator of "Strangeness" in Translation of Non-literary Texts
Bičíková, Romana ; Králová, Jana (advisor) ; Hoffmannová, Jana (referee)
The subject of this thesis is proper names in Czech and Spanish language and proper names in translation from Spanish into Czech. The theoretical part of the thesis comprises of an overview of the current state of investigation in the field both in Czech and in Spanish. In Czech linguistics, onomastics is a comparatively developed discipline. In Spanish, it is mostly grammatical manuals that deal with proper names. In both languages, authors tend to agree on the definition and classification of proper names into anthroponyms, toponyms and chrematonyms; however, Spanish authors usually do not separate chrematonyms as a category under such name. Furthermore, nobody has yet defined or classified the functions of proper names in Spanish language (an action which has already been done for the Czech language). Opinions on the translation of proper names differ to a large degree. Authors recognize proper names as polyfunctional units and agree that their translation (or non-translation) is in large measure conditioned by norms and specific historically conditioned conventions; by the function of the text, text type and genre; by the relationship of the working languages and so on. Authors also suggest their own set of strategies which can be used in the transfer of proper names from one language into...
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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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Toponyms in the cadastre of Vimperk and its surroundings
SLÁMOVÁ, Kateřina
The topic of my bachelor´s thesis are names of populated places, toponyms or oikonyms too. The thesis has two parts. The first part contains theoretical know ledgewhich are related to toponomastics. It deals with local and afterlocal proper nouns. The second part of my thesis applies the know ledge, which were acquired in the theoretical part, of the group of 22 districts of Vimperk. Firstly, it is explained theorigin of the name Vimperk, than followed there ading of the names of villages which come under the land register. The aim of my bachelor´s thesis is to collect, explain and specify the localnoun sof the selected cadastral area.
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Ukraine as a toponym and the terminology of historical areas of the State of Ukraine
ILKIV, Khrystyna
This bachelor work is focused on the origin and fuse of the toponym ?Ukraine?. It presents the basic views concerning the word. The work collects description and linguistic-historical analysis of toponyms designating historic areas of Ukraine such as Halych, Volhynia, Carpathian Ruthenia and others. The analysis focuses not only on the historical development of the mentioned areas, but gradual territorial formation of Ukrainian territory.
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