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Czechs' Attitude Towards the Gender Inflection of Female Surnames
Amrichová, Katalin ; Sojka, Pavel (advisor) ; Adam, Robert (referee)
The goal of this thesis is to analyse the attitude of Czechs towards gender inflection of female surnames. The contents of the theoretical part are history of the origins of surnames, views on inflection in the past and also opinions of contemporary experts regarding this subject. It analyses arguments both in favour of and opposing gender inflection. It covers changes in legislation which currently deal with this issue, their development in the past and comparison with legislations of other European countries. Included in the theoretical part are also the rules that apply to gender inflection of surnames. The empirical part is based on research, which was concluded using an electronic questionnaire. Its goal was to find out what are the respondent's preferences regarding gender inflected female surnames and gender neutral female surnames, as well as how tolerant they are towards the surname forms they don't prefer. This research applied to both Czech female surnames and foreign ones. Through the questionnaire it turned out that the respondents are relatively tolerant to gender neutral female surnames, while in their preferences they are quite conservative. The vast majority prefers the use of a gender inflected surname, after marriage they favour women using the husband's gender inflected surname....
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Birth of a Child - Rituals, Customs
Hokeová, Lucie ; Dvořáková, Markéta (advisor) ; Kubišová, Zuzana (referee)
This bachelor thesis focuses on the birth of a child in the Czech family and society in the nineties of the twentieth century and at the beginning of the twenty-first century. The chapters and the subchapters are concerned with the periods connected with the birth of a child and are aimed at rituals, customs and activities connected with coming of a new life to the world. The thesis is divided into three main parts, pregnancy, childbirth and post-natal period. In the part Pregnancy we will look at how awaiting of a new life is reflected in the language, superstitions and various practices and what is necessary to do before the birth of a child, we will especially focus on the choice of a name and surname. In this part we can find the chapter on the preference for the sex of a child and on the values which the Czech society connects with a child. In the second part Childbirth we will look at the perception of childbirth as pain, at the course of childbirth and at the first things which are necessary to do after the birth of a child. The chapters on maternity, fatherhood and family were also put to this part since the birth of a child creates a new, lifelong relationship between a child and his/her parents. In the last part Post-natal period we will focus on creating of a social identity of a child,...
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Web GIS system of surnames in the Czech Republic
Šístek, Petr ; Štych, Přemysl (advisor) ; Žáková, Zuzana (referee)
Processing current and historical data of surnames in Bohemia in GIS Abstract The main objective of this work is processing current and historical data of surnames of the population of Bohemia and their subsequent comparison. For the purpose of this comparison typologically identical databases were created. The comparison of current and historical data, which were taken from "berní rula" from 1654, is performed by territorial units of judical districts from 1930 and the methods and results of earlier research by Novotný and Cheshire (2012) were used. The analysis focuses on selected surnames and compares current data with historical surnames by location quotients. The results were visualised in ArcGIS. In the conclusion of this work differences in geographical distribution of surnames in Bohemia in the present and in history are discussed. The options of beneficial uses of processed data are also presented. Keywords: surnames, berní rula, judical districts, location quotient
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The surname in the town of Dačice
COUFALOVÁ, Lenka
This thesis deals with the onomastic theme, specifically areas of antrhoponomastics, which deals with the origin, formation, frequency and nature of personal names. The goal of this thesis is an analyzis the most common anthroponyms in the area of Dačice. The analysis and classification of the obtained materials are based on study of onomastic literature.
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Family Names, inherited Names and Nicknames in the village Tajanov
ŽEŽULOVÁ, Magdalena
The topic of this thesis is anthroponomastics of Tajanov a village in western Bohemia. The aim of thesis is to analyze the collected proper nouns. I analysed the surnames, the names after residence and the nicknames on the basis of specialised literature. I recieved the material for the analysis from the list of voters and from the almanac to the 700th anniversary of the establishment of the village. I also used the method of exploration and found out next important information by some conversations. All the surnames, the names after residence and the nicknames are divided in the research part of the work into categories according to various aspects. I summarised the statistical evaluation of the accumulated data.
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German surnames in town Netolice and their integration to Czech language
HAZUKOVÁ, Veronika
The work deals with integration of German surnames of Czechs to Czech language in town Netolice typical example of Czech town in area of Golden trail bringing German people and language. The work describes history of town Netolice to prove its Czech character. The work further deals with gaining substantive databases (German surnames of Czechs in town Netolice) from available sources fulfilling especially their up-to-dateness due to description of current state of integration of German surnames of Czechs in town Netolice. List of acquired German surnames of Czechs in town Netolice is stated further describing actual state of integration. Description is divided into grammatical integration and morphological integration. Morphological integration is further divided into two parts, inflection and word formation.
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Analysis of onomastics material in Jiratice
MATĚJKOVÁ, Dagmar
This diploma thesis extends the bachelor thesis research that analysed whether and what characteristic features appear in ordinary language of native speaker who come from Jiratice. The goal of this thesis is linguistic analysis of official, unofficial personal names, minorplace and local names in Jiratice or in its nearby vicinity. These names are collected from written sources and from interviews with witnesses. The collected material is organized into a dictionary that analyses primarily the motivation of each name. The complex of names is also classified according to various criteria. The aim of the diploma thesis is to contribute partially to the Czech onymic research.
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Family Names and Nicknames in the village of Český Rudolec
VÁVRŮ, Vojtěch
The subject of this thesis is surnames and nicknames of inhabitants of Český Rudolec. The basic material was obtained from a list of the names of local inhabitants. To get a list of nicknames, the exploratory methods were used (usually by means of an interview). The analysis of names and nicknames will be conducted using traditional classification methods. The goal of the thesis is an analysis of official and non-official names of the local inhabitants.
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Surnames and Nicknames in Pacov
DUŠKOVÁ, Lucie
The thesis has been following the bachelor thesis, which engaged the onomastic analysis in town Pacov, concretely the domain of antroponomastic (last names and nicknames). Records were obtained thanks to database of registry office, next by using of interviews and by research directed to the social site Facebook. The objective is to realize the analyse in more frequently occurring last names and nicknames with consideration of their motivated origin. Analysis and classification of nicknames have been made on the basis of testimonies of citizens of Pacov and nicknameholders with the possibility to next associations. There have been incepted the complex language collection, which have surveyed the antroponomastic status of town Pacov in 2014-2017.
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A Comparison of Motivation of the Most Frequent Czech and Swedish Surnames Origin
Džupová, Olga ; Štajnerová, Petra (advisor) ; Harvalík, Milan (referee)
The diploma thesis is focused on the comparison of motivation and language motivation of Czech and Swedish surnames. In the theoretical part, the current situation and developement of surnames are described and motivation types of bynames which later formed surnames are defined. The practical part of the thesis introduces the method, hypothesis and results of research which was focused on dividing 500 of the most frequent Czech and Swedish surnames into groups according to motivation and language motivation. The most common among Czech surnames are those created from first names and those consisting of nature elements; the most numerous groups among Swedish surnames are composite burgher surnames with natural motifs and patronymical surnames.
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