PřF:Z0130 Topononastics - Course Information

Z0130 Topononastics

Faculty of Science
Spring 2000

Extent and Intensity

2/0/0. 3 credit(s). Recommended Type of Completion: k (colloquium). Other types of completion: graded credit.

Teacher(s)

doc. RNDr. Milan Václav Drápela, CSc. (lecturer)

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Course Enrolment Limitations

The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.

fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with

Geography and Cartography (programme PřF, M-GR, specialization Cartography and Geoinformatics)

Syllabus

Classification of toponymic types. Word building models of Czech toponyms - geographical names, their chronological validity and geographical stratigraphy. The semantic aspect of toponyms. Typology of geographical nomenclature according to the main language groups. Transcription of foreign names into Czech: transposition, transliteration, transcription. Czech exonyms and their use. Explanation of the origin of Czech and foreign geographical names. Standardization of geographical nomenclature. Motivation of naming and the varibility of names as an integral component of the map work. Toponomastic source material: historical, geographical, cartographical, dialectial.

Language of instruction

Czech

Further Comments

The course is taught: every week.

The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2002.