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<p>The issue of transcribing proper names from foreign languages  into Slovak has received constant attention in Slovak linguistics. The article brings the opposite view. It is devoted to the issue of transcribing surnames from Slovak into English. The starting point of the analysis is the Database of surnames in the United States of America. The article focuses mainly on the adaptation and variability of transcription of surnames with accented letters.</p>
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The issue of transcribing proper names from foreign languages  into Slovak has received constant attention in Slovak linguistics. The article brings the opposite view. It is devoted to the issue of transcribing surnames from Slovak into English. The starting point of the analysis is the Database of surnames in the United States of America. The article focuses mainly on the adaptation and variability of transcription of surnames with accented letters.

Slovak surnames in the Database of American Family Names

Filozofická fakulta Univerzity sv. Cyrila a Metoda

Journal of Linguistics/Jazykovedný casopis

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The issue of transcribing proper names from foreign languages  into Slovak has received constant attention in Slovak linguistics. The article brings the...

Slovak surnames in the Database of American Family Names

Published Online: Sep 27, 2021

Page range: 183 - 193

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/jazcas-2021-0022

Keywords
onomastics, surnames, Slovak family names, spelling

© 2021 Peter Ďurčo, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Slovak surnames in the Database of American Family Names

Published Online: Sep 27, 2021

Page range: 183 - 193

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/jazcas-2021-0022

Keywordsonomastics, surnames, Slovak family names, spelling

© 2021 Peter Ďurčo, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Keywords
onomastics, surnames, Slovak family names, spelling