Do We Need Indians in Czech? Cover Image

Potřebujeme v češtině I/indiány?
Do We Need Indians in Czech?

Author(s): Ondřej Pivoda
Subject(s): Language studies, Language and Literature Studies, History of ideas, Pragmatics, Comparative Linguistics, Cultural Anthropology / Ethnology, Sociology of Culture
Published by: Univerzita Karlova v Praze - Filozofická fakulta, Vydavatelství
Keywords: Indigenous peoples of the Americas; American Indians; onomastics; ethnonyms; Czech language

Summary/Abstract: The paper discusses the appropriateness of using the word Indian in the Czech language and gives reasons why it is correct to spell it using a capital letter. The second part of the paper deals with the naming of the various Native American ethnic groups in Czech.

  • Issue Year: XXXIV/2024
  • Issue No: 70
  • Page Range: 32-38
  • Page Count: 7
  • Language: Czech
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