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Word-formation processes in contemporary English fantasy literature: proper names in translation
Nováková, Tereza ; Popelíková, Jiřina (advisor) ; Gráf, Tomáš (referee)
Excerpt This thesis provides an analysiss opf word-formation processes used in the creation of proper nouns in contemporary works of English fantasy literature. The individual personal and place names are analysed in terms of their formal and semantic structure and compared with their counterparts in available translations of these works. The thesis focuses on the processes that alter the pre-existent lexemes, i.e. derivation, conversion, compounding and truncation and the strategies used in their translation into Czech. Key words: word-formation, proper nouns, proper nouns in translation, fantasy

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