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Transcription of the French Toponyms into Russian
Tomová, Simona ; Kitzlerová, Jana (advisor) ; Lendělová, Věra (referee)
TOMOVÁ, Simona: Transcription of the French Toponyms into Russian [Bachelor Thesis]. Charles University. Faculty of Arts; Institute of East European Studies. Bachelor thesis instructor: Mgr. Jana KITZLEROVÁ, Ph.D. Graduate degree designation: Bachelor (Bc.). Praha, UK, FF, ÚVES, 2014. Pages 67. The subject of thesis is to analyze the transcription of the French toponyms into Russian. In the introduction, the work is devoted to the characteristics of analyzed languages and it defines the essential differences between French and Russian in their classification, orthography and phonetics. It mainly focuses on the differences in phonetic systems of the languages, which are crucial for the issue of transcription. The thesis then defines the development, use and types of the transcription and discusses the methods to transcribe one language system to another. The thesis also defines the main principles for transcription from the Latin script into the Cyrillic script. In the section devoted to the analysis of transcription, work assigns the selected toponyms to the each type of transcription and it explains how the transcription rules were used. By this method, it is possible to highlight the diversity of the principles applied in the transcribed geographical names. The thesis is accompanied by French -...
History of Latin to the end of Middle Ages
Paterová, Lucie ; Večeřová, Petra (advisor) ; Hutař, Jan (referee)
The topic of this bachelor thesis is evolution of Latin script, from its begining to the end of middle ages. Thesis is devided into several chapters by developmental stages of Latin script and it is in chronological order. Each chapter describes the form of Latin script in the period, including the factors that influenced the form of writing. The development of Latin script is finished by chapter about book printing and first press fonts. For additional information, the work provides information on developments prior to the Latin script and writing instruments and substances. Included is also a short chapter on ligatures and abbreviations. The work is accompanied by picture appendix to illustrate the topic.

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