Thematization of place names in opinion journalism: Czech exile politicians’ radio speeches between 1938 and 1945
Thematization of place names in opinion journalism: Czech exile politicians’ radio speeches between 1938 and 1945

Summary/Abstract: This text focuses on place names and their thematization in Czech opinion journalismin the mid-20th century. After describing general features of the thematization of propernames and the ways in which this process is accomplished – i.e. (re-)semantizationthrough the use of collocations, onymic allusions, and symbolization –, the authorsturn their attention to a qualitative textual analysis of political speeches. The collectionconsists of radio speeches given by exiled Czech politicians based in London andMoscow during the Second World War. The texts reflect a broad spectrum of Czechpoliticians, ranging from democrats (Edvard Beneš, Prokop Drtina, Jan Masaryk,Jaroslav Stránský, Jan Šrámek) to Communists and their sympathizers (Zdeněk Fierlinger,Klement Gottwald, Zdeněk Nejedlý).

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