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False Friends in German and in Czech
TOLLINGEROVÁ, Lada
This bachelor thesis deals with so called faux amis. These words are interlingual homonyms, in Czech language called zrádná slova or falešní přátalé and people are using them incorrectly in German and Czech language. The theoretical part defines the terminology, what the concept of faux amis means, what the origin of this phenomenom is and how is the integration the faux amis into other languages. Furthermore it describes the definitions and the classification of faux amis by different authors. The theoretical part deals also with specific cases of faux amis, e.g. collocations and internationalisms, which are related to the issue. In the practical part is sorted corpus of words faux amis in classification resting on faux amis classification according to Věra Höppnerová.

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