The role of neologisms in a shaping of Czech language system (on example of names of persons) Cover Image

Rola neologizmów w kształtowaniu systemu języka czeskiego (na przykładzie nazw osób)
The role of neologisms in a shaping of Czech language system (on example of names of persons)

Author(s): Katarzyna Dembska
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies, Theoretical Linguistics
Published by: Uniwersytet Adama Mickiewicza
Keywords: neologisms;names of persons;Czech language;Czech dictionaries

Summary/Abstract: The article describes the problem of presence neologisms in modern Czech language on example names of persons. The Author analyzes, how many neologisms registered in dictionary Nová slova v češtině (1998) by Olga Martincová are used in modern Czech language. On the basis of four dictionaries of Czech language (Slovník současné češtiny (2011, Lingea, Brno), Slovník spisovné češtiny pro školu a veřejnost (2013, Academia, Praha), Slovník cizích slov (2002, SPN-Pedagogické nakladatelství, Praha), Slovník nespisovné češtiny (2006, Maxdorf, Praha) and National Corpus of Czech the author looks up the role of neologisms in the forming of contemporary Czech language system.

  • Issue Year: XV/2015
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 159-172
  • Page Count: 14
  • Language: Polish