Nová česká oikonyma typu Chodovec City, Barrandov Hills, Nové Měcholupy… a Šmoulov

• Authors: Jaroslav David

Title variants

EN

New Czech place names of the type Chodovec City, Barrandov Hills, Nové Měcholupy… and Šmoulov

• Languages of publication: CS

Abstracts

EN

This text focuses on new type of place names created as for the advertisement of newly built residences and blocks of flats. They are presented as new, sunny, city or country areas suitable for living, e.g. Nové Petřiny, Sluneční vrch, City Park Jihlava and Výhledy Hostivař. They use mostly English appellatives such as city, hill, park and river and the English forms of place names to raise the prestige of the real estate on offer, e.g. Barrandov Hills, Danube House and Sun House.

Keywords

CS

reklama; rezidence; toponyma

EN

advertisement; place names; residences

• Publisher: Institute of the Czech Language, Czech Academy of Sciences
• Journal: Naše řeč (Our Speech)
• Year: 2008
• Volume: 91
• Issue: 4
• Pages: 192-196
• Document type: ARTICLE

Contributors

author

Jaroslav David

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