Odraz rusko-ukrajinské války v urbanonymii a v jazykové krajině ostatních zemí

• Authors: Žaneta Dvořáková

Title variants

EN

Reflection of Russian-Ukrainian war in urbanonyms and in the linguistic landscape of other countries

• Languages of publication: CS

Abstracts

EN

This study is focused on changes in linguistic landscape (especially in urbanonyms) due to the Russian attack on Ukraine in February 2022. It follows official and unofficial renaming of streets around the world in effort to show solidarity with Ukraine and its people. Official commemorative names have often the meaning ‘Free Ukraine’ (e.g. in Riga and Tirana), ‘Ukrainian Heroes’ (e.g. in Prague and Vilnius) etc. and are mostly located close to Russian embassies. Unofficial names given to streets by activists as a protest against the war are usually motivated by the name of the Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy. Street names derived from the adjective Russian, or from Russian toponyms are changed as well, however only unofficially (e.g. the sign with the name of Ruská ‘Russian Street’ in Prague was replaced with the sign containing the famous answer of the Ukrainian soldiers from Snake Island to the Russian warship).

Keywords

CS

onomastika; jazyková krajina; urbanonyma; Ukrajina

EN

onomastics; linguistic landscape; urbanonyms; Ukraine

• Publisher: Institute of the Czech Language, Czech Academy of Sciences
• Journal: Acta onomastica
• Year: 2023
• Volume: 64
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 22-44
• 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