Anketa jako nástroj volby jmen pro zvířata v českých zoologických zahradách

• Authors: Žaneta Dvořáková

Title variants

EN

Public surveys as tools of naming animals in Czech zoological gardens

• Languages of publication: CS

Abstracts

EN

The article deals with the phenomenon of popular public surveys in which participants suggest suitable names for animals in zoos. The research is based on answers from the zoos themselves and from newspaper reports. From the analysis of 1,283 suggestions for the name of a polar bear and 1,153 for the name of a giraffe, it follows that female given names were most often proposed (in both official and hypocoristic forms). This blurs the distinction between anthroponyms and zoonyms. Specific animal names were motivated primarily by the look and origin of the animals.

Keywords

CS

zoonyma; jména zvířat; Česko; zoologické zahrady

EN

zoonyms; animal names; Czechia; zoological gardens

• Publisher: Institute of the Czech Language, Czech Academy of Sciences
• Journal: Acta onomastica
• Year: 2024
• Volume: 65
• Issue: 2
• Pages: 277-288
• Document type: ARTICLE

Contributors

author

Žaneta Dvořáková

• Ústav pro jazyk český AV ČR, v. v. i., Letenská 123/4, 118 51 Praha 1, Czech Republic